Athletics: Wilhem Belocian in the shot on 110 m hurdles

London (AFP)

Frenchman Wilhem Belocian shone on Sunday in the 110m hurdles of the London Diamond League meeting, taking 2nd place in the same time (13 sec 28) as the winner, the Chinese Wenjun Xie.

Belocian, back at the highest level after two seasons spoiled by injuries, and fails 3 small hundredths of his personal best (13 sec 25) and confirms its beautiful shape to two months of the Worlds of Doha (September 27 - October 6) .

Olympic and world champion Jamaican Omar McLeod took 3rd place (13 sec 32).

The other French in the running, the European champion and record holder of France (12 sec 95) Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, finished 4th (13 sec 49).

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