LYUDMILA NAROZHILENKO, of Russia, set a women's 60 metres hurdles world indoor record of 7.68sec at an international meeting in San Sebastian, Spain yesterday. She beat her own mark of 7.69 set in 1990 and equalled in Lievin, France, last month.
SAN SEBASTIAN MEETING: Men: 60m: 1 B Surin (Can) 6.52sec; 2 T Mansour (Qatar) 6.60; 3 A Simon (Cuba) 6.66. 3,000m: 1 I Viciosa (Sp) 7min 57.65sec; 2 A Nizigama (Burundi) 7:59.06; 3 M Ntawulikura (Rwanda) 8:00.37. 60m hurdles: 1 M McKoy (Can) 7.55; 2 I Kazanov (Lat) 7.60; 3 Li Tong (Ch) 7.69.
Women: 60m: 1 Z Tarnopolskaya (Ukr) 7.14; 2 L Allen (Cuba) 7.28; 3 G Malchigina (Rus) 7.29. 800m: 1 H Storchevaya (Ukr) 2:02.97; 2 M Akraka (Swe) 2:04.27; 3 E Amaral (Por) 2:04.46. 60m hurdles: 1 L Narozhilenko (Rus) 7.68 (world record); 2 A Lopez (Cuba) 8.08; 3 M J Mardomingo (Sp) 8.23.
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