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Robles wins in 7.45sec, more to come with better start in Doha – Liévin REPORT
“The gun was too quick”, stated Robles to explain his delays. “Taking this in account, this is not bad, it was a fast race, the track was good, I just lost a lot of time at the start”.
Robles wins in 7.45sec, more to come with better start in Doha ©Victah Sailer
One week before the IAAF World Indoor Championships held in Doha, Qatar (12 – 14 March), the Cuban won the 60m Hurdles in 7.45, only 0.01 short off his season best, but still far from his 7.33 record, which places him second on the all-time lists, behind Colin Jackson’s 7.30.
However, Robles showed that he had an important margin for improvement, as he was the last to come out of the blocks in heats and final. The 110m Hurdles World record holder and Olympic champion had to overcome a disastrous reaction time (0.240) in heats to run 7.65. In final, he was again left at the start (0.205) and managed once again to close the gap hurdle after hurdle and win in 7.45 from Russian indoor specialist Yevgeniy Borisov (7.53).
“The gun was too quick”, stated Robles to explain his delays. “Taking this in account, this is not bad, it was a fast race, the track was good, I just lost a lot of time at the start”.
After his last race before world Indoors, Robles is number two in the World Lists behind Terrence Trammel’s 7.41. The Cuban will spend a few days in Spain to get ready for Doha. “Everything is done already, now I just need to sleep and eat!” he laughed.
Victory for Tejeda… Norwegian record for Vukicevic
His training partner Anay Tejeda won the women’s Hurdles race against a very high quality field. In 7.95 sec, she had the best start (0.136 reaction time) and beat US champion Ginnie Powell (7.96), Christina Vukicevic (7.96), who broke the Norwegian Record in heats (7.93), European Indoor Champion Eline Berings from Belgium (8.03) and Canada’s world season leader (7.82) Priscilla Lopes-Schliep.
“It was a very good race”, commented Tejeda, “I improved my season best so I’m very happy. My focus in the Spanish training camp will have to work on my first three hurdles because it’s the worst part of my race right now.”
Vukicevic, the fastest of the day with her 7.93 in heats, couldn’t duplicate her race in final: “it was only my second competition this winter, so I’m happy about my result. I think I wanted too much in the final, but now the most important thing is Doha. My progresses come from the improvement of my start, and that was the purpose of running those 60m hurdles indoors.”
Copello over Olsson
The third Cuban win of the night occurred in the Triple Jump. Alexis Copello leaped to 17.24 to defeat World Indoor record holder Christian Olsson (17.23), who performs an impressive comeback from injury this season.
European best for Djhone
Cubans was definitively in verve in Liévin, as William Collazo won the 300m ‘B’ race in 32.74. However, the ‘A’ race went faster, as Leslie Djhone, taking part in his third and last competition of his successful indoor campaign, offered a new all-time European Best to the 5000 spectators in the crowds. Full article at iaaf.org
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