Oliver fails in bid to top Robles' 110 world mark
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July 24, 2010, Saturday
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DAVID Oliver won the 110-meter hurdles in a failed attempt at the world record while fellow American Tyson Gay matched the season's second best time of 19.72 seconds in winning the 200 at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Thursday.
Oliver, on a newly refurbished track and with a slight tail wind, topped the meet record in 13.01. The Olympic bronze medalist won ahead of fellow American Ryan Wilson, who finished in 13.13. Jamaican Dwight Thomas was third in 13.29.
"I ran well under pressure," said Oliver. "Every time I race now people expect the world record to be beaten."
Last week in Paris, Oliver clocked 12.89, just 0.02 short of Dayron Robles' world record.
"Tonight I beat the stadium record and I'm happy with that," said Oliver, who didn't face much competition after Robles pulled out of the meet because of leg pains. The two men are not expected to go head-to-head before the London meet on August 14.
A winner
"I'm a winner and I am always looking to improve myself and to see my name at the top of the list," Oliver said. "I want to be a champion."
Gay, who headlined the sprints in Monaco in the absence of world record-holder Usain Bolt, got off to a strong start and held off Jamaican Yohan Blake's surge in the closing meters to set a new meet record.
Blake was second in 19.78, and American Wallace Spearmon third in 19.93.
"The problems I had earlier this season are now behind me," said Gay, who had been sidelined with a hamstring injury then bounced back with a win over Asafa Powell in the 100 at Gateshead this month.
"The new track in Monaco is super fast, this result is a combination of the track and my speed," Gay said. "I'm very tired now."
On a warm, damp evening marked by seven new world leading performances this season, also winners were American Carmelita Jeter in the 100 meters, Jermaine Gonzalez of Jamaica at 400, Kenyan Silas Kiplagat at 1,500, Alysia Johnson of the United States at 800 and American Dwight Phillips in the long jump.
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