As a type of track and field event, the hurdles program has a long history of development. At the first Olympic Games in 1896, the organizers put the 100-meter hurdles event into the men's competition. In the second Olympic Games, the hurdles event was adjusted to the 110-meter hurdles event, that is, the 110-meter straight track was equipped with 10 hurdles frames for male athletes to cross, and the form of the men's hurdles event was fixed.
As an athletics event that combines speed and skill, the 110-meter hurdles are quite ornamental. In the track and field, although the popularity of the 110-meter hurdles is not as good as the absolute racing events in the crown of 100 meters and 200 meters and 4X100 meters, the heat and attention have always been not low, and the popularity and income of the past generations of good players are higher than many athletics projects.
Combined with the heyday results of the past, who are the fastest running TOP5 hurdles legends on the planet? In this article, the author will slightly organize it for your reference.
V. David Oliver
David Oliver, 39, is an American star with a personal best of 12.89 seconds.
David Oliver is a famous player who was active in the same period of time as Liu Xiang, and he is also the first strong opponent that Xiangfei has encountered in his career. From the perspective of peak strength, Oliver is relatively close to Liu Xiang and Robles. When I was watching hurdles, it was easy to identify Oliver among the black players, because his body was really very strong, at least one size larger than the people around him.
Compared with Liu Xiang and Robles, David Oliver is a late player. After stealing the master's hard work and cultivating the innovative techniques of these two benevolent brothers, Oliver ran a personal best of 12.89 seconds at the age of 28 and finally broke through the 12.90 seconds level. For reference, Liu Xiang ran the peak data at the age of 22, while Robles was 21 years old.
4. Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang, 38, is a Chinese star with a personal best of 12.88 seconds.
Back at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Liu Xiang turned out to be a hurdles player at the 110-meter hurdles with a record-breaking time of 12.91 seconds. Two years later, Liu Xiang ran a world record-breaking time of 12.88 seconds in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Fast forward to June 2012, Liu Xiang also ran a time of 12.87 seconds in Eugene, but because of the super wind speed, this time was not recognized on the record. From the fame of Athens to the final highlight of 2012, it seems that as a hurdles player, Liu Xiang has at least eight years of golden age, which is not easy. Unfortunately, Liu Xiang failed to finish both the Beijing Olympic Games and the London Olympic Games due to injury.
Although Liu Xiang's achievements have been surpassed by three juniors, Liu Xiang's legendary status in the hurdles field is still undiminished. Because of this, Liu Xiang completed the technical leap from the first basket on the eight steps to the first basket on the seven steps of the starting run that year, which is equivalent to finding a path for himself and his descendants to once again greatly challenge the limits of human beings.
Iii. Daron Robles
Daron Robles, 34, cuban star, personal best of 12.87 seconds.
For this Cuban athlete, a former world record holder, Chinese track and field fans will definitely not be unfamiliar. Because, between 2005 and 2008, in a sense, the 110-meter hurdles event became a double-male battle between Liu Xiang and Robles.
In terms of resume, Liu Xiang, who is 4 years older, is Robles's predecessor, and he is also an opponent and a technical reference system that he has publicly expressed appreciation and admiration. Back in June 2008, Robles, at his peak, ran a good time of 12.87 seconds at the Czech Athletics Grand Prix, breaking Liu Xiang's previously held world record of 12.88 seconds.
Whether it is a seven-step layup technique or a three-step hurdle technique, Robles after Dacheng is not under Liu Xiang. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Robles easily won the gold medal with a time of 12.93 seconds. Unfortunately, like Liu Xiang, Robles is also a legend plagued by injuries, straining nine times in the four years since winning the Beijing Olympics, and in the final of the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 25-year-old Robbes relapsed from injuries and failed to finish. After that, Robles began to fade out of the game.
Second, Grant Holloway
Grant Holloway, 23, is an American star with a personal best of 12.81 seconds.
Grant Holloway is an active athlete and a highly talented hurdler. Before graduating from high school, the young man had been practicing American football, then saw the NFL road and then practiced the hurdles program, and then became the most interesting hurdles rising star.
Why? As a fledgling newcomer who is still on the rise, Grant Holloway ran 12.81 seconds in the National Olympic Trials in July, the second best time ever. According to the peak state to divide the file, he and Merritt one gear, followed by Liu Xiang and Robles. Given his age and experience in hurdles, it is optimistic that he will break the world record for Aris Merritt in the next three years.
Unfortunately, at this year's Tokyo Olympics, Grant Holloway was in average form and was eventually reversed before crossing the line to finish the silver medal in 13.09 seconds, while at the Tokyo Olympics, Holloway was defeated by Jamaica's 28-year-old Ronald Levy. Incidentally, the Olympic record in the 110-meter hurdles event is still held by Liu Xiang with a time of 12.91 seconds.
Aris Merritt
Aris Merritt, 36, is an American star with a personal best of 12.80 seconds.
Back at the 2004 Grosseto World Youth Championships in Athletics, the then 19-year-old Merritt tried his first test and won the title with a time of 13.56 seconds, beginning to really enter the media and track and field fans.
Merritt is not a talented player who debuted in the bright spot, and after entering the professional field, Merritt's results before 2012 were quite average, and the Beijing Olympics did not get tickets. However, after eight years of dormancy and technical polishing, Merritt ushered in its own explosive year in 2012. Since 2012, Merritt's performance has improved by leaps and bounds, breaking 13 seconds eight times in a single year. At the 2012 London Olympics, Merritt won the Olympic gold medal in 12.92 seconds.
Again, in the IAAF Diamond League Brussels competition shortly after the end of the London Olympics, Merritt created a miracle and directly ran a performance of 12.80 seconds to win the championship, suddenly breaking the previous record of 12.87 seconds set by Robles in 2008, a significant increase of 0.07 seconds. After 2012, merritt's status began to decline, fading from public view after winning the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships with a time of 13.04 seconds.