Colin Jackson donates 1993 World record breaking vest to the IAAF (© Getty Images)
MonteCarloThe World 110m Hurdles record breaking competition kit of the current joint holders of the fastest time (12.91 seconds), Colin Jackson (GBR) and Liu Xiang (CHN), are two more of the stunning items of athletics history which will be up for auction beginning Monday 16 January. Details of the web based auction venue and the bidding process will be confirmed shortly.
The IAAF’s humanitarian project ‘Athletics for a Better World: The IAAF Stars’ Donation Fund’, offers fans of World and Olympic track and field athletics the chance to buy pieces of unique sporting history.
Fifty star athletes from the Olympics’ number one sport, 23 of whom have been World Record breakers during their career have donated items of personal memorabilia associated with some of their greatest sporting triumphs to the project whose proceeds are to be distributed between three United Nations organisations, FAO, UNICEF and the WFP.
Check out – http://www.iaaf.org/AFABW/flash/afabw.html for further information.
World 110m Hurdles record
Stuttgart 1993 – World Championships
On 20 August 1993, Colin Jackson (GBR) ran a virtually perfect race brushing the tenth barrier in the World Championship final to cross the finish line in 12.91 seconds (wind +0.5m/s) and to dip inside the four year-old World record of American Roger Kingdom, the 1984 and 88 Olympic champion.
Colin Jackson’s signed 1993 Stuttgart competition vest will be up for auction on 16 January.
Athens 2004 – Olympic Games
On 27 August 2004, Liu Xiang became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic track and field gold medal when in a practically flawless run he beat the nearest opponent by nearly three metres to tie Colin Jackson’s World record of 12.91 (wind +0.3m/s). Xiang’s defeat of American Terrence Trammell was the second biggest margin of victory in the event in Olympic history.
Liu Xiang’s signed 2004 Athens competition vest will be up for auction on 16 January.