{"id":1576,"date":"2023-05-30T13:06:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/2023\/05\/30\/florence-hurdles-with-stars-holloway-and-bol\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T13:06:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:06:51","slug":"florence-hurdles-with-stars-holloway-and-bol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/florence-hurdles-with-stars-holloway-and-bol\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence: hurdles with stars Holloway and Bol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>110m HURDLES MEN<\/strong><br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> Grant <strong>Holloway<\/strong>, three times world champion (Doha, Eugene and indoors in Belgrade) is coming to Italy for the first time. Lost the Olympic gold due to a mistake at the last hurdle, he appears as the favourite in the outstanding cast set up for the Golden Gala which also includes the European indoor champion, Swiss Jason <strong>Joseph<\/strong>, gold medallist at 60hs in Istanbul. The 110hs are part of the meeting program for the 32nd time: the record belongs to the American Allen Johnson (1999) and the Jamaican Omar McLeod, who ran 13.01 in Florence just two years ago. For Holloway &#8211; 12.81 in career, only one hundredth from the world record of Aries Merritt &#8211; is a wonderful opportunity to reaffirm the supremacy against the top opponents of the discipline and bring the Golden Gala record to the first sub-13.<\/p>\n<p> With Grant Holloway, also Devon <strong>Allen <\/strong>and the other top US hurdlers Freddie <strong>Crittenden <\/strong>and Jamal <strong>Britt<\/strong>. On the starting blocks the Polish Damian <strong>Czykier<\/strong>, fourth in Oregon, and the Italian Lorenzo <strong>Simonelli<\/strong>, expected to improve his time (13.59 the personal best) after the great indoor season, fourth in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p> <em><strong>World record<\/strong> 12.80 Aries Merritt (Usa) | Bruxelles | 7 September 2012<br \/> <strong>Meeting record<\/strong> 13.01 Allen Johnson (Usa) | Rome | 7 July 1999 &#8211; Omar McLeod (Jam) | Florence | 10 June 2021<br \/> <strong>World lead<\/strong> 13.03 Grant Holloway (Usa) | Gainesville | 15 aprile 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<p> &nbsp;&#8212;<br \/> <strong>400m HURDLES WOMEN<\/strong><br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> At just 23 years old, the Dutch Femke <strong>Bol <\/strong>already boasts seven European gold medals, four world silver medals and an Olympic bronze, all conquered in about two years, from 2021 winter to 2023. She holds the European record in 52.03 and the world record for the 400m indoors, brought to an incredible 49.26 last February. Back to Florence for the fourth participation in the Golden Gala and aiming for the poker of victories. With a personal best of 53.02 in Italy, last year at the Olimpico, she has her sights set on the meeting record, held by the American Lashinda Demus with 52.82.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> Two Ukrainians, two Americans, one Jamaican, one Panamanian, one Italian, challenging with Femke Bol. Ayomide <strong>Folorunso <\/strong>runs for the sixth consecutive year at the Golden Gala (best result is a fourth place), this time after the Italian record on her trophy board (54.34) established in the world semifinal in Eugene. Alongside, the USA world silver medallist Shamier <strong>Little <\/strong>(in 2015), the Jamaican bronze from Doha 2019 Rushell <strong>Clayton<\/strong>, the pair of big Ukrainian silver and bronze at the European Championships in Munich, Viktoriya <strong>Tkachuk <\/strong>and Anna <strong>Ryzhykova<\/strong>, the South American record holder Panama\u2019s Gianna <strong>Woodruff<\/strong>, Olympic and world finalist, and the other American Anna <strong>Hall<\/strong>, one of the best in the world in heptathlon, bronze medal in Eugene, with an amazing personal best of 6988 points last weekend in Gotzis.<\/p>\n<p> <em><strong>World record<\/strong> 50.68 Sydney McLaughlin (Usa) | Eugene | 20 July 2022<br \/> <strong>Meeting record<\/strong> 52.82 Lashinda Demus (Usa) | Roma | 10 June 2010<br \/> <strong>World lead <\/strong>53.12 Femke Bol (Ned) | Oordegem | 27 May 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 2, at the Golden Gala, world champion against the other US Allen in 110hs. 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