Los Angeles (AFP) – Hurdles king Grant Holloway set a new world record in the 60-meter competition at the US Indoor Championships in New Mexico on Friday.
Holloway, the three-time 110m hurdles world champion and Olympic silver medalist, scorched home in 7.27sec in Albuquerque, eclipsing his own previous world best of 7.29sec.
The 26-year-old from Virginia, who as the reigning indoor world champion was already assured of a place on the US team for next month’s world championships, opted to skip Friday’s final after his record-breaking run.
Holloway’s world record performance was matched in the women’s 60m hurdles, where Tia Jones equalled the existing world record with a time of 7.67sec in her heat.
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Jones almost matched that mark in the final, winning in 7.68sec, ahead of Jasmine Jones (7.78sec) and Masai Russell (7.80sec).
Elsewhere on Friday, Tara Davis-Woodhall produced an impressive world-leading performance to romp home in the long jump.
Davis-Woodhall soared 7.18m on her fifth jump to easily win, with Jasmine Moore second with a leap of 6.93m.
The US Indoor Championships are the team selection trials for this year’s World Indoor Championships, which take place in Glasgow from March 1-3.
