NO HURDLE’S TOO HIGH FOR SALLY
OLYMPIC champion Sally Pearson hopes a tweak in her hurdling technique will boost her chances of giving her personal best time a nudge this year.
Pearson produced one of the most-memorable comeback stories last year when she overcame a horror run of injuries to win the 100m hurdles at the London World Championships with a time of 12.59.
The 31-year-old’s personal best still stands at 12.28 – a time she hit in 2011.
And despite entering the twilight of her decorated career, Pearson hasn’t given up hope of running close to that time again.
“I’ve been working a lot with my technique over the hurdles,” Pearson said.
“I guess it’s not major improvements - it’s just tweaking a few little things. My best time is 12.28. I did that in 2011. It could be this year or next year, I’d like to go close to those times again.
“It’s just a matter of where we can fine tune those areas.”
Pearson will begin her Commonwealth Games preparations tomorrow night when she races at the Perth Track Classic.