Rollins equals 4th-fastest time in 100m hurdles
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June 24, 2013, Monday
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BRIANNA Rollins equalled the fourth fastest 100 meters hurdles ever run as she clocked a stunning 12.26 seconds at the United States world championship trials at Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday.
Finally catching an allowable wind, the 21-year-old US collegiate record holder sent a strong message to Australian Olympic and world champion Sally Pearson with the fastest time since 1992.
Only Bulgarian Yordanka Donkova, whose 1988 world record is 12.21 seconds, and compatriot Ginka Zagorcheva, the former record holder, have run faster. Donkova has done so twice.
"I just feel so overwhelmed, so emotional. It is so amazing," said Rollins, whose previous best was 12.39 seconds at the US collegiate championships.
The time, run with an aiding wind of 1.2 seconds, exceeded Pearson's 2011 world championship best of 12.28 seconds and three-time world champion Gail Devers' American record of 12.33 seconds.
"Looks like I am bringing my A++ game to the worlds this year," Pearson tweeted after Rollins' stunning run.
Can Rollins, who recently turned professional, break the world record?
"I don't know. We'll see," said the former Clemson University student, whose best before this season was 12.70 seconds.
Lured to athletics as a teenager "because someone told me I was fast", Rollins selected the hurdles "because I thought it was interesting and fun to do".
Runner-up Queen Harrison (12.43), third-place finisher Nia Ali (12.48) and Beijing Olympic winner Dawn Harper, who has a wildcard entry, also made the American team for the August 10-18 world championships in Moscow.
There were season-leading performances in the men's 400 hurdles and women's high jump finals on a hot and windy day.
Olympic silver medalist Michael Tinsley became the first man to dip under 48 seconds in the 400 hurdles this season, running 47.96 seconds, and Brigetta Barrett, the London high jump runner-up, cleared 2.04 meters.
Former world champions Kerron Clement (48.06) and Bershawn Jackson (48.09) joined Tinsley on the US team.
Finally catching an allowable wind, the 21-year-old US collegiate record holder sent a strong message to Australian Olympic and world champion Sally Pearson with the fastest time since 1992.
Only Bulgarian Yordanka Donkova, whose 1988 world record is 12.21 seconds, and compatriot Ginka Zagorcheva, the former record holder, have run faster. Donkova has done so twice.
"I just feel so overwhelmed, so emotional. It is so amazing," said Rollins, whose previous best was 12.39 seconds at the US collegiate championships.
The time, run with an aiding wind of 1.2 seconds, exceeded Pearson's 2011 world championship best of 12.28 seconds and three-time world champion Gail Devers' American record of 12.33 seconds.
"Looks like I am bringing my A++ game to the worlds this year," Pearson tweeted after Rollins' stunning run.
Can Rollins, who recently turned professional, break the world record?
"I don't know. We'll see," said the former Clemson University student, whose best before this season was 12.70 seconds.
Lured to athletics as a teenager "because someone told me I was fast", Rollins selected the hurdles "because I thought it was interesting and fun to do".
Runner-up Queen Harrison (12.43), third-place finisher Nia Ali (12.48) and Beijing Olympic winner Dawn Harper, who has a wildcard entry, also made the American team for the August 10-18 world championships in Moscow.
There were season-leading performances in the men's 400 hurdles and women's high jump finals on a hot and windy day.
Olympic silver medalist Michael Tinsley became the first man to dip under 48 seconds in the 400 hurdles this season, running 47.96 seconds, and Brigetta Barrett, the London high jump runner-up, cleared 2.04 meters.
Former world champions Kerron Clement (48.06) and Bershawn Jackson (48.09) joined Tinsley on the US team.
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