Sally Pearson after the finish in DaeguOfficial Video [permanent dead link ] The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 3.
Prior to the competition, Australian Sally Pearson led the season's rankings with a time of 12.48 seconds and was undefeated on the Diamond League circuit. The United States team provided the next fastest athletes that year in the form of Kellie Wells , Danielle Carruthers and the 2008 Olympic champion Dawn Harper . The defending champion Brigitte Foster-Hylton of Jamaica was in poor form, while the other 2009 medalists (Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and Delloreen Ennis-London ) were absent. Tiffany Porter , Lisa Urech and Perdita Felicien were the only other top-ten-ranked athletes to compete.[ 1] [ 2]
Pearson won her semi final in 12.36, equal to the number 5 performer in history. The time improved on her own Oceanian area record and Australian national record . Wells had a large lead in her semi final, but clipped the ninth hurdle and struggled to maintain her balance as she finished in second.
In the final Pearson led from the gun and was not challenged, running 12.28, the fastest time in nearly two decades and moving her to fourth on the all-time list.[ 3] Championship record and again improved her Oceanian area record and Australian national record . Behind her, Carruthers outleaned Harper for the silver medal, both athletes finishing in the same time. Wells hit the seventh hurdle and did not finish.
Medalists
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record Yordanka Donkova (BUL )
12.21
Stara Zagora , Bulgaria
20 August 1988
Championship record Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL )
12.34
Rome, Italy
4 September 1987
World Leading
Sally Pearson (AUS )
12.48
Birmingham , Great Britain
10 July 2011
African Record Glory Alozie (NGR )
12.44
Monaco
8 August 1998
Brussels , Belgium
28 August 1998
Seville , Spain
28 August 1999
Asian Record Olga Shishigina (KAZ )
12.44
Luzern , Switzerland
27 June 1995
North, Central American and Caribbean record Gail Devers (USA )
12.33
Sacramento, California , United States
23 July 2000
South American record Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA )
12.71
Manaus , Brazil
19 May 2001
European Record Yordanka Donkova (BUL )
12.21
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
20 August 1988
Oceanian record Sally Pearson (AUS )
12.48
Birmingham, Great Britain
10 July 2011
Qualification standards
A time
B time
12.96
13.15
Schedule
Date
Time
Round
September 2, 2011
10:20 Heats
September 3, 2011
19:15 Semifinals
September 3, 2011
21:00 Final
Results
KEY:
q
Fastest non-qualifiers
Q
Qualified
NR
National record
PB
Personal best
SB
Seasonal best
Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q ) and the next 4 fastest (q ) advance to the semifinals .
Wind:
Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q ) and the next 2 fastest (q ) advance to the final .
Wind:
Final
Wind" +1.1 m/s
References
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