Danielle Williams takes 100 metres hurdles gold at World Championships
Friday 28 August 2015 16:03, UK
Danielle Williams added another gold medal for Jamaica after claiming a narrow victory in the 100 metres hurdles at the World Championships in Beijing.
In a closely contested final, Williams powered over the final hurdle and seized first place with a time of 12.57 seconds, holding off Germany's Cindy Roleder, who won silver in 12.59, while Alina Talay took bronze in a Belarus record of 12.66.
America's defending champion Brianna Rollins was forced to settle for fourth place in 12.67, 0.01 ahead of Great Britain's Tiffany Porter.
Following a strong start, Porter briefly led the race but fell away over the closing hurdles, and tumbled over the line as she desperately tried to claim bronze.
"I didn't execute my race, I kind of pressed towards the end," said Porter, who was a bronze medallist at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. "It's definitely a missed opportunity and I'm really disappointed.
"As a competitor at this level, you know when it wasn't a clean race and when you messed up. It's 10 barriers, you have to execute every one cleanly and I didn't.
"It's one of those events where you have to learn and grow, I'm going to come back stronger next time."
