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TRINIDAD and Tobago's ace female sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye could only manage a semifinal finish when she contested the women’s 60-metre event at the World Indoor Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China on March 22.

The 32-year-old Ahye ran in the fifth of six heats, and her time of 7.28 seconds earned her fifth spot in the heat and saw her progress to the semifinals as one of the fastest non-automatic qualifiers. Ahye’s heat was won by Poland’s Ewa Swoboda (7.16), with China’s Xiaojing Liang (7.17) finishing second with a personal best clocking.

Jamaica’s Natasha Morrison was third in 7.20, with Switzerland’s Geraldine Frey (7.26) also progressing as one of six non-automatic qualifiers.