Zurich has a history of witnessing terrific sprint hurdles performances and American sprinter – Grant Holloway has now run more sub-13sec races than anyone else with 12 races inside the barrier.
“This season has been remarkable for me,” he said in a post race interview having coasted 12.99 seconds.
“As for the world record, I’m sure it will come one day as long as I stay consistent and keep having performances like I did here.”
Similarly impressive was Jasmine Camacho-Quinn as the Puerto Rico athlete won the women’s sprint hurdles in 12.36 [0.8].
Elsewhere in Zurich, Beatrice Chebet ran a meeting record and world lead in the women’s 5000m with 14:09.52.
The Kenyan, who won the 5000m and 10,000m at the Olympics, missed Gudaf Tsegay’s world record of 14:00.21 but she wasn’t disappointed.
“In this weather I’m really happy with my time,” she beamed.