Natoya Goule-Toppin advance to 800m semis at World Indoor
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March 1, 2024

Natoya Goule-Toppin advance to 800m semis at World Indoor

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Many times national champion Natoya Goule-Toppin advanced to Saturday’s semi-final after she ran a season’s best 2:00.83 seconds for second in her first-round heat on Friday’s opening day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships that started at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland

Goule-Toppin, who was fourth two years ago in Belgrade, Serbia, finished behind Ethiopia’s Habitam Alemu, who won with 2:00.50 seconds, with Kenya’s Vivian Chebet Kiprotich third in a personal best 2:00.86 seconds.

The semi-finals are set for 7:20 am Jamaica time on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Danniel Thomas-Dodd finished sixth in the women’s shot put with a best of 19.12m, the same mark and position she produced two years ago in Belgrade.

It also equalled her third-best indoor throw, behind her national indoor record of 19.52m set in Iowa in April last year.

-Paul A Reid

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