Keni Harrison breaks 28-year-old 100m hurdles world record, avenging 2016 trials loss | NBC Sports

in the field two she won a heat in 1269 remember ali going in five kenny harrison in lane six well what can she unleash here 12 40 remember in her heat to win that one she has run 12 24 this year that's just over a meter quicker i wonder if she can go faster here they do so often in the second race of an evening brianna rollins there goes in lane seven rollins at 12 74 and a h2 capable of much much quicker than actually the 12 26 athlete nhl introduced to this london crowd and listen to that right we need to have a bit of a back shot she's rounding into good form a coach this morning saying he's really happy with her form she's just short of races needs competition now as christie castling completes the lineup in lane at nine [Applause] castle second in the u.s olympic trials 1267 in a heat the atlanta athlete so 10 barriers then between these athletes and the line 100 meter hurdles final that line up from the far side again in one zan zagret of belgium in two tiffany porter of britain in three elena talai of belarus in four jasmine stowers of the usa near ali her compatriot in five kenny harrison the world number one goes in lane six what can she do here briana rollins goes in seven enes hill is in eight two away from the camera and christy castlin in lane nine to the right of picture another really good start from kenny harrison fought him left she's already in the lead tonight going one third from right there oh there's going to fall out there stars with the mckinney harrison storming away with this and look at the marginal victory watch the clock 12 58 that's kenny harrison well it was strange the clock seemed to run on and on long after you've gone through the line i'd rather fancy it was quicker 12 20 and the world record is gone the tracks are clocked 12 20. and i think she's broken the world record kenny harrison has done it the most spectacular consolation for failing to make the us olympic team in rio eugene two weeks ago with a massive massive disappointment for kenny harrison but she's just seen the news [Applause] i know you'll appreciate this she's taken one 100th of a second off the world record and just checking the wind speed there plus 0.3 she hadn't got any help from the stadium breeze but the crowd roared at home that was sensational for those of you that look to hurtling you won't see any better than that technically superb i said that in eugene i said in eugene that was the best it gets well tonight it was even better than that a sensational sensational run it looked quicker than 12 58 she must have dipped under the beam it was absolutely superb 12 20 donkova's record from 88 thank goodness god it was she's so quick out of the blocks and that was a young woman who's not even going to the olympic games i mean that is i guess one of the question marks against the american selection system isn't it i think the first two and leave one out because that will reverberate around the world a new world record we don't see him very often these days she promised it in eugene and she delivered it in london absolutely fabulous 12.20 kendra harrison of the united states of america is the new world record holder for the 100 meter hurdle a sensational moment on this first evening of this london diamond league a world record on the track in the sprint hurdles i was there when donkovo broke that record in 1988 and i'm also here to watch it broken again the weird thing is the way her form disappeared at the u.s trials two weeks ago i was in eugene for the full fortnight the eight days of action so in the middle of that four nights of my time in the little pacific northwest city and she looked a shadow of herself but look at her here fought from left stood very quick out of the blocks absolute focus down that lane lane six and uh she's got further and further away from the rest of them so impressive so quick between the barriers and that gap that margin of victory dips perfectly at the line that probably made the difference 100th of a second a couple of inches but her trail leg is so quick you don't get a trailer there quicker than that that is fabulous goes down big disappointment there but the story was right at the front fabulous fabulous run she felt it she delivered it look at the way that leg comes down when the trailer comes through it gets that lead leg down and she's so quick in them between the hurdles as well how is she not going to the olympic games how is that possible we'll eventually need a women's high jump result another look at that we might as well look again at what is a fabulous world record kendra harrison goes further and further and further away from a talented world-class field make no bones about it she's beating athletes that have run 10-4 at 12-4 12-36 she says oh no did i yeah i did yes i have i am the world record holder one two three four for the usa that underlines their dominance in this discipline on the world scene and uh how ironic that the first across the line in that new world record isn't going to rio you're right question it does your stupidity does raise questions about the us uh selection system though you know it's olympic trials but uh i think it's been tried and tested and questioned for many many years and it will not change but kelly harrison as we can see is the world record holder in the women's 100 meter hurdles 12.20 here in the stadium in the queen smith olympic park from briana rollins's 12 57 and christy kathleen's 12 59. the story of the season so far you

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Length: 6min 51sec (411 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 22 2020