Sprint hurdler Hansle Parchment continued to rewrite the history books in the 110m hurdles as he became the first Jamaican to win a medal at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.

Parchment is already in Jamaica’s folklore being the first man to win a medal in the 110m hurdles when he captured bronze at the 2012 London Olympics. three years later he was at it again, this time winning the silver at the World Championships in 13.03 seconds.

Russian Sergey Shubenkov won in a national record of 12.98 seconds, while the fast-finishing Parchment was 0.01 ahead of 2012 American Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt who took bronze.

Parchment, 25, was dethroned as Jamaica’s champion by the talented Omar McLeod in June, in a world leading 12.97 seconds.

McLeod, 21, the American collegiate champion, led from the start and held the late-surging Parchment at bay. Parchment had clocked a then season best of 13.08 seconds.

Commonwealth Games champion Andrew Riley was third in 13.35 seconds.

McLeod became only the second Jamaican to run under 13 seconds for the event behind record holder Parchment with 12.94 seconds established in 2014 at the Paris Diamond League.

But once again Parchment showed that he is a big occasion performer, coming good when it mattered most and delivered the small island with its first 110m hurdles medal at the World Championships.

The former Kingston College athlete who studied Psychology at the University of the West Indies, had been saying all year that once he gets the start of his races right, he could break Merritt’s world record of 12.80.

Parchment will be looking to go one better at this year’s Rio Olympics in Brazil and, as he stated, those first four steps will be crucial as he hopes to overcome his usual slow start in his effort to strike gold.