The Polish athlete was pipped to the post in the final by Saint Lucian Julien Alfred, by just 0.02 seconds. Alfred triumphed with a time of 6.98.

Post-race Swoboda felt a little disappointed with her performance in the final, as she clocked up 6.98 in the semifinals, improving her own national record.

Ewa Swoboda🥈 naszą Krolową Sprintu i dumą całej Polski🇵🇱. Po rekordzie Polski 6.98 wytrzymała presję i otworzyła nowy, srebrny akapit w światowej historii polskiej lekkiej atletyki. Brawo Ewa🫶, nie przestajesz zadziwiać a co najwazniejsze masz apetyt na wiecej 💯 pic.twitter.com/Hepa4wqU6F

— Robert Korzeniowski (@KorzeniowskiR) March 2, 2024

“I was hoping to win. I was ready for it, but I'm happy. Silver is nice, too. I had a strong three runs behind me, but I gave it a go. I hope that the underachievement will motivate me to continue. In the final I got too tense, because... I wanted too much. In the warm-up I felt that I gave a lot of myself in the preliminaries and semifinals. I'm happy with the Polish record, well, and I'm the world vice-champion!”, Swoboda told TVP Sport.

The medal is the 26-year-old Polish sprinter’s first at an indoor World Championships. Two years earlier in Belgrade she finished fourth.

Elsewhere Jakub Szymański finished fifth in the men’s 60m hurdles. He also improved his own national record in the semifinals.