Harrison sets new 100m hurdles world record

Kendra Harrison set a 100m hurdles world record of 12.20sec at the Anniversary Games on Friday, relieving some of the pain of her failure to make the US Olympic team

London: Kendra Harrison set a 100m hurdles world record of 12.20sec at the Anniversary Games on Friday, relieving some of the pain of her failure to make the US Olympic team.

Kendra Harrison

Harrison beat the previous record of 12.21sec set by Bulgaria’s Yordanka Donkova back on August 20, 1988. “After prelims on Friday, I finally got my confidence back,” said Harrison, who had been plunged into despair by her failure to punch her Rio ticket at the US trials.

“My practices after trials were great, so going into the race, I had so much vengeance and so many emotions inside of me. To see that time, I was really happy.

“After the trials, we went back to see where we went wrong,” Harrison said. “The pressure got to me. To make myself feel better, I told myself to make the team with the same mindset I’ve had all year, which is to dominate.” 

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