Sarah Lavin runs new season's best to finish third behind Amusan in Ostrava
The Limerick hurdler, who started to ramp up her outdoor season in Finland last week, clocked a time of 12.76 in the 100m hurdles — comfortably bettering her previous best of 12.90.
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World record holder Tobi Amusan won comfortably in 12.45 seconds, with Viktoria Forster of Slovakia outpacing Lavin in the final strides to edge second place in 12.74.
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