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Broadbell cruises to Commonwealth hurdles gold as Australia seal cycling double

Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell celebrates after winning the men’s 110m hurdles final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) – Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell equalled Colin Jackson’s 32-year-old Commonwealth Games record as he cruised to victory in the 110m hurdles on Thursday as Australia won a cycling road race double.

Broadbell, 21, dominated the final from the start to win in 13.08sec, making up for the disappointment of last year, when injury prevented him going to the Tokyo Olympics.

Fellow Jamaican Hansle Parchment, the Olympic champion, had withdrawn earlier in the day due to a niggle just as he had done before last month’s world championship final.

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