Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has capped-off her magical season with an 11.18 second ninth-placed finish in the women’s 100 metres at the Diamond League Final in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday morning (NZT).
It follows the Kiwi’s career-best Diamond League fourth placing in Brussels last week and Olympic qualifying timeof 10.96s in Switzerland in July - her quickest-ever time.
Watch Zoe Hobbs at last week’s Brussels Diamond League.
In a news update today, Athletics New Zealand said Hobbs has had an “exceptional season” and did “supremely well” to qualify for the Diamond League Final - one of the sport’s most high-profile events.
An especially fast field contested today’s final, won by Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson in 10.70s from Marie-Josée Ta Lou of Cote d’Ivoire in second, and two-time Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, who placed third in a season-best 10.79s.
World champion Sha’Carri Richardson from the US was fourth in 10.80s.
This was Jackson’s first win over Richardson in four attempts this season, Olympics.com said.
