Brianna Rollins is back

In June 2013, Brianna Rollins broke the US record for the 100m hurdles when she ran 12.26 at Des Moines – a time which places her fourth on the world all-time list. She followed up her record-breaking run with a win in the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow. Now, after two quieter years in which she struggled to reach the high standards she had set in 2013, she looks to be back!

Rollins told me that when she ran the 12.26 in 2013 she was “very surprised, but at the same time I always knew that I had a great time within me. It just took hard work and dedication to get there.”

This year she took silver in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland in March and then ran 12.65 in April, again at Des Moines. In May she ran a wind-assisted 12.52 before coming second in the Eugene Diamond League against a stellar field in 12.53, when Kendra Harrison broke Rollins’ US record with 12.24 for a time …

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