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Holloway won the 110m hurdles world title three times in a row

Published:2023-08-22 By Hồng Duy(MetaSports) Comments
Hungary US athlete Grant Holloway won the men's 110m hurdles final in Budapest, thereby dominating this content in the last three World Championships.

At the final on August 21, Holloway started strongly, immediately rose to the top and won the gold medal with the best individual performance of the year - 12 seconds 96.

The achievement of the American athlete in the last two world championships where he won the gold medal of 110m hurdles at Doha 2019 and Eugene 2022 is 13 seconds 10 and 13 seconds, respectively.

"I'm speechless right now," Holloway said after winning the 110m hurdles world three times in a row. "It's nothing like the first time, but I will cherish today's victory. Consistency is my biggest strength. The most important thing is that when I step out onto the field, I know how I'm going to play." .

Behind Holloway is Jamaican athlete Hansle Parchment with 13 seconds 7, while the bronze medal belongs to Daniel Roberts of the US with 13 seconds 9. In which, Parchment (13 seconds 4) won Holloway (13 seconds 9) to win the gold medal. Tokyo 2021.

Roberts - who finished third - was Holloway's longtime teammate, as the two trained together and competed since college. The world champion said he was happy to play alongside Roberts.

Following are Freddie Crittenden (13 seconds 16), Shunsuke Izumiya (13 seconds 19), Sasha Zhoya (13 seconds 26), Jason Joseph (13 seconds 28) and Wilhem Belocian (13 seconds 32).

Rasheed Broadbell - Jamaican athlete who won the Commonwealth Games gold medal in 2022 and holds the best record in 2023 with a time of 12 seconds 94 - did not win tickets to the final when he fell in the first round.

Holloway, born in 1997, and his brother Trey were trained in athletics by their father Stan until high school as a member of the Track 757 club. Holloway went on to compete in athletics with his brother at Grassfield High School, also play football. Then, he chose hurdles at the University of Florida instead of football at the University of Georgia.

In addition to three consecutive 110m hurdles world gold medals and Tokyo 2021 silver medal, Holloway also won the 60m hurdles at the Belgrade 2022 World Indoor Championships and the 2021 World Indoor Tour.

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