The World Under-20 record-equaling run of 12.99 seconds by Damion Thomas when winning the 110m hurdles title at the National Junior Trials in Kingston in late June has been ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).
Thomas, who went on to win the gold medal at the IAAF Under-20 World Championships at Ratina Stadium in Tampere, Finland, in July, equaled the World Under-20 record that was set by France’s Wilhem Belocian in 2014.
Belcocian had run 12.99 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on July 24, 2014, as Jamaica’s Tyler Mason won the silver medal in a then Jamaican Junior Record 13.06 seconds.
Thomas’s record was one of seven new marks ratified, including the men’s decathlon mark of 9,126 set by France’s Kevin Mayer in Talence, France, on September 16; beating the 9,045 that was held by American Ashton Eaton, set in Beijing, China, August 2015.
Two world records were set hours apart on September 16 as Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge set a new men’s marathon mark of two hours, 1.39 minutes, under the previous 2:2.57 held by his compatriot Dennis Kimetto in September 2014.
