Dublin speedster competes for medal at worlds

COLUMBUS – Former Dublin Coffman track star Abby Steiner will be running in the women’s 200-meter final Thursday night at the World Athletics Championships at the University of Oregon.

Coverage of the World Championships: Day 7 Evening Session from Eugene, Ore., begins at 8:00 p.m. on USA. The women’s 200m final is scheduled for 10:35 p.m.

Steiner posted the fastest women’s 200 time in the world this year to qualify for the worlds at the USA Track & Field outdoor championships in late June.

Steiner competed at the University of Kentucky and took the step into the professional world last week by signing with Puma. star track star Abby Steiner is one step closer to a world championship.

She qualified with a second-place finish in a semifinal heat Tuesday and enters the race at Hayward Field as the eighth seed.