Quick silver for Ofili
Tiffany Ofili broke the British record twice in the space of three hours, but had to settle for a silver medal after a dramatic finish to the 60 metres hurdles at the European Indoor Championships.
Ofili was born and raised in Michigan but holds dual British and American citizenship and officially switched to competing for Britain in September last year.
And the 23-year-old marked her debut in style in Paris, breaking the British record held by Jessica Ennis in the semi-finals and then lowering it further in a thrilling photo-finish to the final.
Ofili hurt her right shoulder as she tumbled to the track after dipping for the line, but was pipped to the gold by Germany's Carolin Nytra.
Both athletes were given the same time of 7.80 seconds, 0.09secs faster than Ofili had run in the semi-finals. Norway's Christina Vukicevic also set a national record of 7.83s in third.
"That was really close, I had no idea if I was first or second," Ofili said. "It's a big deal and gives me a lot of momentum for the outdoor season.
"I'm very proud to bring a medal home. I did my best and I'm really excited by the time. It's a big personal best for me."
Earlier in the day, Mo Farah remained firmly on course to retain his title after shrugging off a lengthy delay to cruise into Saturday's 3,000 metres final.
The opening heat was more than 10 minutes late due to a problem with the electronic timing system, but Farah kept his cool to win in eight minutes 02.36 seconds, almost half a minute down on his best time this year.
