Jamaica's Omar McLeod (R) competes to win next to authorised neutral athlete Sergey Shubenkov of Russia in the men's 110m hurdles event of the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai athletics competition, in Shanghai on May 12, 2018.
May 11, 2018
McLeod completes three-peat at Shanghai Diamond League
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s reigning world and Olympic 110m hurdles champion Omar McLeod was left praying for victory on the finishing line before he could celebrate a third Shanghai win in a row on Saturday.
His time of 13.16 seconds was the joint fastest in the world this year and it had to be to pip Spain’s Orlando Ortega with 13.17sec.
McLeod said that his early season had been badly disrupted by various niggling injuries.
“Today I was running on blind trust,” said the 24-year-old, adding that he was “overcome with emotion”.
“It was great to come out here and complete the three-peat.”
Shanghai is the second stop in the Diamond League calendar.
