Jamaica's reigning Olympic 110 metres hurdles champion Omar McLeod ran a sizzling 12.90 seconds in Kingston, laying down a marker ahead of the world championships.
McLeod's run to secure a third successive national title at the Jamaica championships was the fifth fastest of all time, level with American Dominique Arnold's 2006 mark and only a 10th of a second behind American Aries Merritt's world record.
Apart from Merritt, only Cuban Dayron Robles (12.87), China's Liu Xiang (12.88) and American David Oliver (12.89) have run faster.
From lane four, the 23-year-old McLeod was quickest to the first hurdle and never eased off the throttle to better Hansle Parchment's Jamaican record of 12.94 seconds set in 2014.
McLeod's impressive time came despite clipping a couple of hurdles and he said his coach had expected him to run 12.85.
The world championships start in London from August 4.
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