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Jordan Anthony Wins World Indoor 60m After Botched Anti-Doping Blood Draw

The 21-year-old, this season’s world leader, clocked 6.41 in his global indoor debut despite a painful, taped left arm.

Overview

  • Anthony said a drug control officer missed his vein during a pre-event blood draw, causing a large clot in his left arm that required heavy taping.
  • He advanced from his opening heat in 6.54 with visibly limited arm movement before progressing through the rounds in Torun, Poland.
  • He won the men’s 60m final in 6.41 seconds, a world-leading mark that ranks fourth-fastest all time for the event, according to event reports.
  • Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson took silver in 6.45, edging Trayvon Bromell by 0.001, with defending champion Jeremiah Azu fourth in 6.46.
  • After the race, Anthony said his face-cover celebration told doubters to be quiet and he echoed Noah Lyles’s advice to expect the unexpected.