To this point, Tokyo 2025 has been marked by one upset after one other. On Tuesday night, the shocking outcomes continued to unfold when reigning world and Olympic champion Grant Hollowaythe second-fastest 110m-hurdler in historical past, didn’t advance to the ultimate.
Holloway was out to a fast begin, however fell again to sixth in his semi-final, clocking 13.52 seconds. Solely the highest two from every of the three semi-final heats superior to Tuesday night time’s remaining.
After profitable the world title in 2019, 2022 and 2023, the American’s spectacular streak will come to an finish.
Holloway boasts a blistering private better of 12.81 seconds, simply one-hundredth of a second off Aries Merritt‘s world document of 12.80, which has stood since 2012. He gained the 2023 world title in 12.96 and a yr later, Olympic gold in 12.99. He additionally holds the world document for the indoor 60m hurdles (7.27).
The American has not been in prime type heading into this yr’s world championships; his 13.11 season’s finest ranks him thirteenth on the earth for 2025.
The ultimate will run on Tuesday night from Tokyo at 10:20 p.m. (9:20 a.m. ET).
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Canadian Working’s protection of the 2025 World Athletics Championships is dropped at you by ASICS Canada.
