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| Terrence Trammell (L) and Ryan Brathwaite © Gallo Images |
Ryan Braithwaite gave Barbados their first ever medal at the world championships in style when he won the men's 110m hurdles world title in Berlin on Thursday.
The 21-year-old timed a national record of 13.14 seconds to see
off American duo Terrence Trammell (13.15sec) - for his fifth
silver medal at the worlds and Olympics combined - while Olympic
silver medalist David Payne took bronze, also in 13.15sec.
In a thrilling final, which was missing Olympic champion and
world record holder Dayron Robles, who pulled up injured in his
semifinal earlier on Thursday, and China's Liu Xiang is still
recovering from injury, it was Payne who led out of the blocks.
The 27-year-old opened up a sizeable advantage as Trammell hit
the first hurdle taking some momentum out of the 30-year-old's
progress while Braithwaitemaica's Commonwealth Games champion
Maurice Wignall was fifth in a season's best time of 13.31sec.
Earlier Robles had pulled up injured after the third hurdle of
his semifinal.
The 22-year-old - who had hinted at pulling out after the heats
on Wednesday - clattered the first three hurdles and, in pain, gave
up.
On Wednesday he had said that he wasn't feeling the best as was
clear as he was the slowest of the qualifiers.
"I feel pain in my left thigh. I don't know what's going on. I
thought it was only a small problem but now I know that I really
have a problem.
"I cannot say that I'll continue to run or not. I'll talk with
the physiotherapist and doctor, and we'll see.
"I promised Fidel Castro to bring home the gold medal for him
and I want to keep my promise. I am a warrior and I will fight."
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