American Grant Holloway formally achieved his 76th consecutive win within the 60m hurdles on the Glasgow Arena on Saturday (2nd), which means he was topped indoor world champion for the second consecutive 12 months.
The three-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist improved his personal championship file on the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow with one other trademark efficiency of an ideal begin, an excellent transition and a powerful end. The time was 7.29 seconds. This race was inside on his first two strides.
The silver medal went to the jubilant Lorenzo Simonelli, the one non-automatic qualifier, with an Italian file rating of seven.43, whereas France’s Juste Kwaou-Massey received the bronze with a rating of seven.47.
Jakub Szymanski set a Polish file with a rating of seven.46 within the semi-finals, however was unable to repeat that degree within the last, ending fifth with a rating of seven.53, only one thousandth of a second behind Spain’s Enrique Llopis. Ta.
Holloway’s compatriot Trey Cunningham additionally positioned sixth with a rating of seven.53.
“It was a little bit of a multitude this morning, however it’s an excellent time to come back out of right here and get a sub-7.3,” Holloway stated.
“I’m completely satisfied to defend my title and let’s examine how the remainder of the 12 months goes. I’m wanting ahead to it.” I had a number of enjoyable right here and completed what I needed to do. It wasn’t a file, however it was okay.
“I do know I’m in fine condition for the summer season. This was my fifth world title so I’m completely satisfied to maintain profitable. I’m feeling actually good and I’m wanting ahead to hitting once more. I’ll put together for it.”
Simonelli stated, “I by no means imagined it might be like this. I got here right here desirous to go to the finals, and a silver medal is absolutely loopy. It’s not possible to beat Holloway, so it was a battle for second place.”
The two-time champion’s profitable streak dates again to 2014, when he took second place on the age of 16 in a highschool match.
His profitable time matched the world file he set in 2021, however later lowered it to 7.27 seconds.
The solely factor lacking from this sometimes frenetic efficiency was one other world file.
Holloway had set yet one more benchmark earlier than the ultimate, profitable the semi-final in 7.32 seconds, Britain’s quickest 60m hurdles time.
But even after the sector was recalled for an obvious false begin that led to the disqualification of China’s Zhu Shenglong, it felt like he nonetheless had a sense of being an “escapist”. He shrugged his shoulders, unfold his arms, and stomped his toes again to the block.
Spain’s Asiel Martinez was additionally penalized and disqualified initially of the semi-final, however he ran the race regardless of protests and appeared to complete in first place.
Milan Trajković of Cyprus received the race with a time of seven.53 seconds, adopted by Michael Obasie, who matched the Belgian file of seven.54 seconds, and Kwaou Massei, who additionally matched that point.
Cunningham received the opposite semifinal with a time of seven.49.
Mike Rowbottom of World Athletics
Men’s 60m Hurdles Medalist 🥇 Grant Holloway 🇺🇸 USA 7.29 =CR 🥈 Lorenzo Simonelli 🇮🇹 ITA 7.43 NR 🥉 Just Kwaoh Massei 🇫🇷 FRA 7.47 Full Results