 Devers left competition in 2005 to give birth to a child with her husband and returned in 2006.On February 2, 2007, at the age of 40, Devers edged 2004 Olympic champion Joanna Hayes to win the 60 m hurdles event at the Millrose Games in 7.86 seconds - the best time in the world that season and just 0.12 off the record she set in 2003.Furthermore, the time bettered the listed World Record for a 40-year-old by almost 7 tenths of a second.