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Kendra Harrison breaks 100m hurdles world record

Xinhua, July 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Kendra Harrison broke the 28-year 100m hurdles world record Friday at the London Diamond League meeting but she won't be able to run at the Rio Olympics.

The American clocked 12.20 seconds to beat the old mark of 12.21 set by Bulgaria's Yordanka Donkova on August 20, 1988.

But Harrison is not qualified for the U.S. Olympic team after she failed to make the top three at the American Olympic trials. Enditem