A critical race in the world of athletics as the World Championships is less than one month away. Dayron Robles, the 2008 Olympic champion, is rounding into form. In his second race against David Oliver, Robles came out on top with strong hurdling and a great finish. Robles ran 13.04, to break the meet record of one Colin Jackson, way back from 1992! Jason Richardon, who defeated David Oliver last weekend in Stockholm, ran a personal best here in 13.08, his personal best, and again finished ahead of a sluggish David Oliver. David Oliver, who was undefeated 19 straight races in 2010, had a slow start and did not seem to engage until the final four hurdles, where he was able to run 13.09, but a full five tenths behind Dayron Robles.
What does this portend for Daegu? Well, more than likely, Dayron Robles, Lui Xiang, David Oliver, Jason Richardson, Andy Turner have three weeks to do their final preparations for the best series of 110m hurdles races in four years.
