A NIGERIAN sprinter based in France, Jared Ejiasian, has broken the Under-18 world record in the men’s 60m hurdles at the French Indoor Championships for U-16s and U-18s.
Ejiasian crossed the finish line in 7.43 seconds to claim the title in the 60m hurdles event today, earning a surprise victory at the Stade Couvert Jesse Owens, in Val-de-Reuil.
The 16 years old’s time surpasses the 7.48s record previously set by French starlet Sasha Zhoya in 2019, taking five hundredths of a second off the previous mark.
The 60m hurdles final took place on the first day of the two-day championship, and a fired-up Ejiasian broke free of the field early in the race and stormed over the finish line to post the record-breaking time.
The victory is Ejiasian’s second this year, as the athlete resident in France but running under the Nigerian flag had set the African record for an U-18 athlete in the Tempo Run League 60m hurdles final with 7.57s, a time that was enough to put him as the fastest time of the year before his new record today.
He is expected to also feature in the long jump event of the French Indoors Championships that ends tomorrow.
