Season best time for Sarah Lavin at the Golden Spike meet
Sarah Lavin ran a season's best of 12.76 to finish third in the women's 100m hurdles at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrave this evening.
Lavin finished in a time of 12.74 behind world record holder in the even Tobi Amusan in a time of 12.45. Amusan led from the off with Slovakia's Viktoria Forster battling it out to the line with Lavin given second place in a time of 12.74.
It was a significant improvment for the 31-year-old on her previous season's best of 12.90 which she ran in Finland three days ago.
Up next for Lavin is the European Team Championships in Slovenia this weekend where she will wear the Irish colours for the first time in the outdoor season when she runs in the 100m hurdles and women's 4x100m relay.
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