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#DohaDL: Simmonds finishes 5th in 100m hurdles
Megan Simmonds
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May 5, 2017

#DohaDL: Simmonds finishes 5th in 100m hurdles

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s rising sprint hurdler, Megan Simmonds finished fifth in the women’s 100m hurdles in 13.13 (-2.3 mps) seconds at the Doha Diamond League in Qatar today.

The event was won by American Kendra Harrison in a splendid 12.59 seconds ahead of Germany’s Cindy Roleder in 12.90. Sharika Nelvis of USA was third with 12.91 seconds.Megan for her fifth-place finish, collected four points in the opening race in the rich Diamond League series.Howard Walker 

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