{"id":1061,"date":"2016-05-29T00:28:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T00:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/eugene-harrison-and-jebet-scare-world-records\/"},"modified":"2016-05-29T00:28:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T00:28:29","slug":"eugene-harrison-and-jebet-scare-world-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/eugene-harrison-and-jebet-scare-world-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugene: Harrison and Jebet Scare World Records"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cI felt really smooth, that\u2019s the only thing that keeps running through my mind,\u201d Harrison said after the second fastest performance of all-time and just 0.03 off Yordanka Donkova\u2019s long-standing world record from 1988.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure how I can top this, but I\u2019m sure my coach has a few tricks up his sleeve,\u201d she added.<\/p><\/div>\n

Harrison\u2019s early season runs of 12.36 and 12.42 in April foreshadowed a quick time on Saturday, but she didn\u2019t anticipate going this quick this early in this season.  <\/div>\n
\u201cMy coach always says to shoot for 12.1 so that\u2019s the pace I\u2019m going at practice, but you know it\u2019s practice,\u201d said Harrison.<\/div>\n
Running out of lane six, Harrison was quick away but still challenged by 2013 world champion Brianna Rollins until the fifth hurdles, but then she just pulled away for a stunning win that had her clapping her hands with delight as soon as she crossed the line.<\/div>\n
Rollins, the American record holder entering the event, finished second in 12.53 and Jasmin Stowers took third in 12.55.<\/div>\n
Even with the record now in her name, Harrison is wary expecting automatic success in Rio, perhaps remembering the way that she went to the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 as a clear medal contender in the 60m hurdles but didn\u2019t even make the podium.<\/div>\n
\u201cIt (the 100m hurdles) is such a short race, anything can happen. All the Americans are top in this event,\u201d she added.<\/div>\n
JEBET AND KIYENG BOTH GO SUB-NINE<\/b><\/div>\n
The world record also got a scare in the women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase.<\/div>\n
Bahrain\u2019s Ruth Jebet was on world record pace as she broke away from the pack as the final laps ticked off.<\/div>\n
With one lap remaining, a time under nine minutes looked possible and with a 68.8 last lap she could break the world record.<\/div>\n
But the expected last lap duel between Jebet and the clock became a bit more complex when Kenya\u2019s Hyvin Kiyeng started cutting into her lead.<\/div>\n
Yes, Jebet was chasing history, but she was also under real pressure of being passed.<\/div>\n
Over the final barrier, another Kiyeng drew even closer, but she didn\u2019t quite have enough in the tank to catch the 2014 world junior champion Jebet who, remarkably is still only 19.<\/div>\n
Jebet\u2019s finishing time of 8:59.97 put her just outside of Gulnara Gulkina\u2019s world record of 8:58.81 but she did set an Asian record and become the second woman to break nine minutes in the event.<\/div>\n
Kiyeng was just 0.04 back in second place and set an African record as well as moved up to third on the all-time list; and while most of the attention was on the dramatic last 200 metres between Jebet and Kiyeng, after numerous other attempts in the last two seasons, Emma Coburn finished third and set an American record of 9:10.67.<\/div>\n
BOWIE\u2019S BEND THE KEY TO VICTORY<\/b><\/div>\n
In one of the most anticipated match-ups of the meet, Tori Bowie defeated Dafne Schippers and Elaine Thompson over 200m, the world championships gold and silver medallists in Beijing last summer, on her way to a personal best and world-leading time of 21.99.<\/div>\n
Bowie\u2019s emphasis was on the curve.<\/div>\n
\u201cI tried to attack that bend because I always seem to make mistakes, like being a little lazy on the bend and letting my competitors get too much ahead of me so my main focus today was to attack this bend, don\u2019t give them anything. If they want the win they are going to have to work for it,\u201d said the American sprinter who also holds the 100m world-lead with the 10.80 earlier this month in Doha.<\/div>\n
The strategy paid off. Bowie held the advantage coming into the home straight and never relinquished it.<\/div>\n
Schippers, from the Netherlands, could not cut into the lead and finished second in 22.11 while Jamaica\u2019s Thompson took third in 22.16.  <\/div>\n
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Kevin Sully for the IAAF and the IAAF Diamond League<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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