00:00From making a comeback after tripping over the first two hurdles to smashing through
00:04the world record twice in one day. These are three of the most intense moments of women's
00:09hurdles starting with the time Kendra Harrison beat the world record and had no idea. Two weeks
00:14before this race Kendra had failed to qualify for the US Olympic team after coming in sixth place
00:20at the qualifiers. Kendra in lane two. She's not even close. Brianna Rollins wins it at the time
00:26of 12.34 Kendra finishes sixth with the time of 12.62. It was surprising given that at the time
00:34Kendra's personal best was 12.24 the second fastest time ever run closely behind the world record of
00:4112.21 set 28 years earlier in 1988. Kendra was back for revenge two weeks later at the Diamond League
00:49in London. She was up against the three Americans that had beaten her two weeks prior so she was
00:54going out there with something to prove. Kendra told USA Today not making the Olympic team
01:00I was really upset. I was coming out here with just vengeance to show these girls what I have
01:05and that she did. Another really good start from Kenny Harrison fourth from left. She was already in
01:10the lead. Talaya's going well third from right there. Oh there's been a fall out there. I think it was
01:14stout but look at Kenny Harrison storming away with this and look at the margin of victory. Watch the clock
01:1912.58 there for Kenny Harrison. But her time wasn't as good as it could have been. It was only
01:23barely better
01:24than her time two weeks prior. Well that was strange the clock seemed to run on and on long after
01:29she'd
01:29gone through the line. I'd rather fancy it was quicker. Kendra had ducked under the timing beam
01:34as she crossed the finish line and the clock hadn't stopped until the second runner crossed the line.
01:39Kendra's time was faster than 12.58 much faster. When the officials reviewed the time the figures on the
01:46screen reset.
01:58She broke the women's record that had stood for 28 years. But her record didn't last as long as just
02:05six years later in
02:062022, Toby Amison from Nigeria would destroy Kendra's record twice in one day. In the semi-finals at the world
02:15athletics championships, Toby powered ahead of all the other runners and smashed through the women's
02:20record setting a time of 12.12 and obliterating Kendra's world record of 12.20. But this race had
02:28its own bit of controversy. In the same race that Toby ran her world record, five of the eight runners
02:34also ran personal bests. Some commentators in the space shared concerns that the wind speed wasn't
02:40accounted for correctly. Or that there were some accuracy issues with the race clock. There were even
02:45experts speculating that Toby's Adidas shoes somehow gave her an unfair advantage. Despite the shoes
02:52being perfectly race legal and unmodified. These concerns became even louder when in the finals on the
02:58same day, Toby rocketed to the finish line and smashed the record once more. Running a 12.06.
03:05Look at the clock! I cannot believe it! A full 0.14 seconds faster than the world record which
03:12stood just one day earlier. After reviewing the wind reading, Toby's second time was judged not to be
03:18world record legal. But her first time? That is a massive, massive world record!
03:25She's looking at the clock to see if it was a mistake! But it wasn't! It's been confirmed!
03:31There were no errors with the clock, no unaccounted for wind speeds and no magic shoes. The conditions
03:37were perfect that day and Toby really was just that fast. But it doesn't matter how fast you are,
03:45if you trip over a hurdle and face plant on the ground there's no coming back from that. Unless
03:49you're Abigail Dennis. Abigail had made it to the finals of the county championships in New Jersey and
03:54she had qualified with the second fastest time out of all the competitors. She knew she had a chance at
04:00winning but it wasn't going to be easy. She lined up, the starter pistol fired and she launched herself
04:05off the starting line. However, disaster struck as she stumbled on the first hurdle and then
04:10completely tumbled over the second. Most runners would give up at that point, just stand up and walk
04:15back to their coach with embarrassment. But that's not what Abigail did. She picked herself up and set
04:20off back down the track, getting a stride back and powering over the hurdles on a mission. Her parents
04:26cheered her on as she clawed her way back to the front, eventually crossing the finish line in first place.
