Gators legend Grant Holloway wins US 110m hurdle championship, headed to Paris Olympics

Florida track and field legend Grant Holloway punched his ticket to the Paris Olympics on Friday night with a 12.86-second 110-meter hurdle to claim his second national championship.

The number is also good for fourth all-time, giving him two of the top four spots on that list. Holloway’s best performance came in June 2021 at the same event. He won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics and is chasing gold this time around. He is the current world leader for the season.

In the first round of the U.S. Trials on Monday, Holloway clocked a 12.92-second finish, good for first place by .15 seconds. He was a hair slower in the semis on Tuesday with a time of 12.96 seconds, but he still claimed first overall on the day.

Before the final, Holloway was the only man to run a sub-13-second 110-meter hurdle this year. Freddie Crittenden (12.93) and Daniel Roberts (12.96) both joined that list and are headed to Paris on the Olympic team after medaling in Eugene.

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