Kallur sets World Record, 6.68 for hurdles!

Susanna Kallur has done it! She has broken the 18 year old world record of Lyudmilla Enqquist, hurdling a fine 6.68! Also of note is American LoLo Jones, who is now only behind Gail Devers on the All Time American lists! Bob Ramsak and Ed Gordon
provided the info on the world record.

TRACK PROFILE Report #726
10-Feb-2008
7.68 WR FOR KALLUR IN KARLSRUHE
by Bob Ramsak
(c) 2008 TRACK PROFILE Report, all rights reserved
Swede Susanna Kallur took down an 18-year-old world record in the 60m hurdles today, clocking 7.68 at the BW Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany.
The 26-year-old clipped a scant .01 seconds off the previous record of 7.69 set by Ludmila Engqvist on Feb. 4, 1990, when she was competing for the former Soviet Union.
Kallur, the European sprint hurdles champion indoors and outdoors, has been on a tear in 2008, rewriting the all-time lists in the event. After her 7.72 victory in Stuttgart last Saturday, Kallur indicated that a faster performance was possible. [For more on Kallur, please see TPR #724.] Kallur will now be the heavy favorite for gold at next monthâ€™s World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain. Two years ago, she took the bronze medal at the world indoors.
American Lolo Jones was second, clocking 7.77 to become the second fastest American of all-time. Among Americans, only Gail Devers, at 7.74 and 7.76, has run faster.
NOTE: Thanks to Ed Gordon in Karlsruhe.
ENDS

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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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