Zaynab Dosso clocks Italian National Record to win 60m title at European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn

In the deepest women's 60m race in European history, Zaynab Dosso powered to an Italian National Record (NR) of 7.01s for the resounding gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.

The Italian sprint star, already a bronze medalist at the 2024 World Indoors and European Championships, seized her golden moment on the final day of competition, holding off a stacked field in a race that lived up to its billing.

Switzerland's 2022 world indoor champion Mujinga Kambundji settled for the silver medal in 7.02s, while Luxembourg's rising sensation Patrizia van der Weken claimed bronze in a new NR of 7.06s for her first international medal.

Dosso's form in the qualifying rounds was a marker of what to expect in the final. She clocked the fastest time of 7.06s in the heats and lowered it to 7.03s in the semifinals as the fastest qualifier.

The final was just the perfect icing on the cake to cap off her brilliant performances with Italy's third gold medal at the championship and extended her unbeaten run in the indoor season.

"I am a very resilient person, every day I grow and mature. I wanted this gold and I achieved it. I rode all the fears I had on the track, and now I don't have them anymore," said the 25-year-old after her historic victory.

Dosso will be gunning to extend the same winning form at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in two weeks and now stands as favourite for the world title in the absence of defending champion Julien Alfred.

She'll be aiming for the sub-7s mark to hopefully become Italy's first women's 60m champion in history.