Abrams through to 400m final at World Indoor C/ships

Aliyah Abrams (right) competing at the World Athletic Indoor Championship which was staged in Belgrade, Serbia last weekend

Olympian, Aliyah Abrams has qualified for today’s final of the women’s 400m in Serbia where the World Indoor Athletic Championships are being staged.

Abrams clocked 51.57s yesterday in a third place finish in semi-final one to progress to the final scheduled for 19:55hrs local time.

After placing second in heat two in 52.34s to Poland’s Natalia Kaczmarek (52.22s), Abrams returned to the blocks and ran a faster time to book her place in the final eight.