Liu Xiang 12.88 World 110m Hurdles record stunner
NEWS FLASH - Xiang 12.88 World 110m Hurdles record stunner
Tuesday 11 July 2006
Lausanne, Switzerland - China's Olympic champion Liu Xiang broke the men's 110m Hurdles World record with a time of 12.88 seconds* (wind +1.1 m/s) at tonight's 'Athletissima', a Super Grand Prix meeting, which is part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.
Xiang was the joint holder of the previous best of 12.91, which he equalled when winning the Olympic title on 27 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The original record had been set in Stuttgart, Germany, by Britain's Colin Jackson who established that mark when winning the World Championship gold on 20 August 1993.
IAAF
*pending ratification
NB. a full meeting report from our correspondent in Lausanne will follow later. The meeting is currently on-going.
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Link:http://www.iaaf.org/GP06/news/Kind=2/newsId=35280.html
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