March 11, 2006

Courtesy of USA Track & Field

MOSCOW, Russia – 2006 World Indoor 60m bronze medalist Terrence Trammell won his second world 60m hurdles indoor crown Saturday night at the 11th World Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Olimpiyskiy Sport Palace Complex in Moscow.

The South Carolina alum, who won his first World Indoor hurdles crown in 2001 and entered this year’s Championships as the world leader, ran the fastest time in the world this year of 7.43 seconds to win the gold medal. Dayron Robles of Cuba finished in second place and 2006 USA Indoor runner-up Dominique Arnold (Irvine, Calif.) won the bronze medal with his clocking of 7.52 seconds.

MEDAL TABLE (After two days of competition)
1. Russia: Gold – 3 Silver – 4 Bronze 2 = 9
2. United States: Gold – 4 Silver – 1 Bronze 2 = 7
3. Ukraine: Gold – 2 Silver – 0 Bronze 0 = 2

Team USA medalists: Gold: Lisa Barber (women’s 60m); Reese Hoffa, men’s shot put; Leonard Scott, men’s 60m; Terrence Trammell, 60m hurdles.
Silver: Lauryn Williams (women’s 60m)
Bronze: Terrence Trammell (men’s 60 meters); Dominique Arnold (men’s 60m hurdles)

QUOTES

TERRENCE TRAMMELL (men’s 60m hurdles): It feels good. I’ve come very close a lot of times and it’s good to be on top for a change. I did it in 2001 indoors, but I’m happy about this. I wanted to focus on getting a quick start and I know they’ve been having a quick gun. I don’t think it was quite as explosive as the one in the semifinals, but the thing I wanted to do was to concentrate on those five hurdles and I was able to do that. I just wanted to stay focused through the end.

For more information on the 2006 World Indoor Track & Field Championships, visit www.usatf.org.