Bellingham woman wins world title after battling injuries

Bellingham’s Daphne Sluys, 55, earned the title of 2015 world champion in the women 55-59 400-meter run with a time of 67.32 seconds at the World Masters Association Outdoor Championships in Lyon, France.

At the championships, held Aug. 4-16, athletes representing 65 countries competed, with the United States coming in fourth at 160 total medals. Sluys won her world title following her three gold medals at the 2015 USATF National Masters Track and Field Championship on July 23-26 in Jacksonville, Fla.