GLASGOW, Scotland — Andrew Riley thinks more Jamaican sprinters should contest the 110-metre hurdles.

Fresh from his glorious gold medal win in the event at the XX Commonwealth Games, the two-time national champion believes Jamaicans’ natural foot speed would be a great asset in this track discipline.

“I have been saying this over the past two years that we are a country of sprinters and the hurdles is a sprint event and I think we should have more guys challenging the 110 hurdles than just doing the 100 and 200 (flat races),” the 25-year-old said.

Riley, a finalist at the Moscow World Championships last year, argued that the more glamorous straight sprints may be oversubscribed.

The Jamaican, who once doubled in the 100m flat and the 110m hurdles, is thinking about taking up the event which his countryman Kemar Bailey-Cole conquered here on Monday night.

“Those events (100m and 200m) are saturated, even though I may go back to the sprinting…I still have that speed , but this year it wasn’t about speed, but more about trying to get more technical (work in) and trying to work on my steps in between,” said Riley, the first man to win NCAA Division One 100m and 110m hurdles at the same championship in 2012.

“I think probably I am one of the hardest-working guys…I always challenge myself and just keep putting in the work,” he said of handling the weight that comes with doing both events at the highest level.

Riley, who has a personal best of 13.28 seconds, said he will be celebrating his gold medal win with a special person when he returns home.

“I am heading out tomorrow (yesterday)… when I get back home, I will celebrate with my wife,” he said with a smile..

Riley won in 13.32 seconds, followed by England’s William Sharman (13.36), who claimed silver, while Barbados’ Shane Brathwaite (13.49) had to settle for bronze.

Riley’s teammate, Hansle Parchment, the London Olympic bronze medallist, was injured on the eve of the games and had to be withdrawn. Unfortunately, the recovering Richard Phillips finished fourth in his semi-final heat and did not make Tuesday’s final.

— Sean Williams