The American Grant Hollowaytriple 110 hurdles world champion and Olympic runner-up, broke his own world record in the 60 meter hurdles by stopping the clock in 7.27 at the national indoor championships held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at an altitude of 1,511 meters.
Holloway ran a time of 7.27, bettering her previous world record by two hundred, in the semifinals of the US indoor national championships. Despite this, he decided not to run in the final although on that score he showed his candidacy for gold at the next Indoor World Championships in Glasgow (Scotland) from March 1 to 3.
The American sprinter lHe achieved his sixtieth consecutive career victory at a distance where he did not regret a defeat.
In both national championships, Tia Jones equals the world record in the 60 hurdles by stopping the clock in 7.67 in the semifinals, equaling the mark set five days earlier at the Millore Games in New York by Bahamian Devynne Charlton. In his case, Jones competed in the final and took the gold albeit with a slightly lower score, 7.68.
Source: La Verdad
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