Sarah Lavin off to flier with PB at World Indoors

The Irish women’s 4x400m team also smashed the national record to advance to the world final.

3 March 2024; Sarah Lavin of Ireland, right, after her heat of the Women's 60m hurdles during day three of the World Indoor Athletics Championships 2024 at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

It’s been a magnificent morning for Ireland at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, with Sarah Lavin powering to victory in her 60m hurdles heat in a lifetime best of 7.90 and the Irish women’s 4x400m team smashing the national record to advance to the world final.

Lavin got off to a flying start in her heat and the Limerick athlete didn’t put a foot wrong thereafter, lowering her previous 60m hurdles best of 7.91 to take victory from Finland’s Reeta Hurske (7.97).