Phillips, Parchment to push for hurdles sprint final
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Richard Phillips will be the first Jamaican on the track today as he vies for a spot in the men’s 110m hurdles final.
Phillips will run out of lane one in semi final 2, with a personal best of 13.39 and a season’s best of 13.43 seconds.
Hansle Parchemnt will then compete in semi final three, out of lane 5. His personal best is 13.18.
Outgoing Olympic champion Liu Xiang is currently out of the Olympic Games after crashing into the first hurdle during the heats, failing to qualify.
See start lists below:
HEAT 2
LANE
BIB
NOC
ATHLETE
PB
SB
1
1326
CAY
FORBES Ronald
13.5
13.74
2
3246
USA
Jason Richardson
12.98
12.98
3
1162
BLR
LYNSHA Maksim
13.46
13.55
4
2744
PUR
LLANOS Enrique
13.52
13.9
5
2707
POR
ALMEIDA Joao Carlos
13.47
13.47
6
1804
GBR
CLARKE Lawrence
13.33
13.33
7
3042
TRI
DAVIS Wayne
13.37
13.37
8
2081
IRI
ASGARI Rohollah
13.5
13.5
9
2185
JAM
RILEY Andrew
13.19
13.19
HEAT 3
LANE
BIB
NOC
ATHLETE
PB
SB
1
1110
BAH
SANDS Shamar
13.38
13.56
2
1750
FRA
DOUCOURE Ladji
12.97
13.37
3
2445
MAD
ALI Kame
14.61
14.61
4
1477
CUB
ORTEGA Orlando
13.09
13.09
5
1829
GBR
POZZI Andrew
13.34
13.34
6
2827
RUS
SHABANOV Konstantin
13.35
13.57
7
3050
TRI
THOMAS Mikel
13.48
13.48
8
2182
JAM
PARCHMENT Hansle
13.18
13.18
9
1890
GER
BALNUWEIT Erik
13.49
13.5
HEAT 5
LANE
BIB
NOC
ATHLETE
PB
SB
1
2127
ITA
ABATE Emanuele
13.28
13.28
2
1363
CHN
XIE Wenjun
13.42
13.42
3
1125
BAR
BRATHWAITE Ryan
13.14
13.29
4
2038
HON
BENNETT Ronald
13.8
13.82
5
2805
RUS
DREMIN Aleksey
13.51
13.83
6
2044
HUN
KISS Daniel
13.32
13.53
7
3236
USA
Aries Merritt
12.93
12.93
8
2028
HAI
JULMIS Jeffrey
13.5
13.53
9
2183
JAM
PHILLIPS Richard
13.39
13.43
