古巴罗伯斯打破刘翔保持的110米栏世界纪录
发布: 2008-6-13 13:16 | 作者: webmaster | 来源: 本站原创 | 查看: 79次
Cuba's Robles Breaks Liu Xiang's Hurdles Record
Dayron Robles of Cuba celebrates his world record in the men's 110 meter hurdles during the IAAF World Athletics Grand Prix meet in Ostrava on Thursday, June 12, 2008.
Cuba's Dayron Robles broke the world 110m hurdles record by clocking 12.87sec at the IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Thursday.
Robles beat the previous record of 12.88sec set by China's Olympic champion Liu Xiang on July 11, 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Liu could only finish in fourth place here.
"What a time! I wasn't expecting that," said Robles. "I'm very happy. I don't know if I can beat Liu Xiang in Beijing. But we'll see."
The 21-year-old Cuban, a silver medallist over 60m hurdles at the world indoor championships in 2006, missed out on a medal at this year's event in Valencia in March when he pulled up, thinking Liu had made a false start.
He has been targeting Welshman Colin Jackson's long-standing 60m indoor record of 7.30sec, running a 7.33sec this winter. He also set the world lead of 12.92sec last year.
Roaring out of the blocks, Robles left the field for dead, double Olympic and world silver medallist Terrence Trammell of the United States coming in second at 13.21sec.
