Tokyo Olympic 110m hurdles gold medallist Hansle Parchment runs a world-leading time of 13.20 seconds in the men’s 110 metres hurdles at Velocity Fest 11 at the National Stadium on Saturday, April 23.
Parchment beat Rasheed Broadbell who ran a time of 13.31 seconds and former Calabar High School standout, Michael O’ Hara, who clocked 13.52 seconds.
Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Megan Tapper was also in fine form running 12.80 seconds to win the Women’s 100m hurdles ahead of Crystal Morrison 13.02 seconds and Amoi Brown 13.33 seconds.
Defending World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also made her season debut with a second-place finish in the 200m.
Fraser-Pryce had her trademark fast start before jogging the last 50m of the race to finish with a time of 22.79 seconds. Bahamian Anthonique Strachan ran a season’s best 22.55 seconds to take the win while Natasha Morrison was third in 23.06 seconds.

