KINGSTON : Commonwealth Games champion Rasheed Broadbell romped to a world leading and career best 12.94 to win his first national 110m hurdles title on the final day of the Jamaican Championships on Sunday. Broadbell held off the challenge of fast-finishing Olympic champion Hansle Parchment (13.12) and
KINGSTON : Commonwealth Games champion Rasheed Broadbell romped to a world leading and career best 12.94 to win his first national 110m hurdles title on the final day of the Jamaican Championships on Sunday.
"It's good to see that I can run a personal best here, even though I'm not really ready as yet, its just work in progress and things should get better going into Budapest." With a career best of 21.45 at the world championships last year, Jackson said she was not focused on breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner's world record of 21.34 set in 1988.
Andrew Hudson retained his title in the men's race in a time of 20.11 ahead of Rasheed Dwyer and Tyquendo Tracey .
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