By Ricardo Chambers
Hansle Parchment joined an elite club of 16 men to have broken the 13 second barrier, when he set a Jamaican record to win the 110 meter high hurdles at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Paris on Saturday. The meet was shown LIVE as usual on Television Jamaica.
The 24 year old Parchment sped to 12.94 seconds, making him the tenth fastest man in history over the distance while improving on his previous national record of 13.05 secs.
In the process, he handily defeated the inform Frenchman Pascal Martinot Lagarde who logged a personal best 13.05.
The former Morant Bay High and Kingston College athlete was the only Jamaican winner at the meet.
Stephanie Ann McPherson was the next best placed Jamaican at the event.
She produced a late surge to place second in the women’s 400 meters in a season’s best 50.40 seconds. Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross, who is Jamaican born, continued her return to form by winning in 50.10 secs as Diamond race leader, National Champion Novlene Williams-Mills ended third in 50.68.
Meanwhile, world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce found the going tough on her return over 200 meters. She finished 5th in 22.63 with Simone Facey 6th in 22.75. Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare won in 22.32.
Nesta Carter 10.12 and Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.14 were 4th and 5th in the men’s 100 meters won by American Michael Rodgers in 10 seconds flat.
The event was marred by controversy, when national champion Nickel Ashmeade protested a false start and refused to leave the track for several minutes.
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Parchment smashes own National Sprint hurdles record
