Kendra Harrison

thumb Kendra "Keni" Harrison (born September 18, 1992) is an American hurdler. Harrison held the world record in the women's 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.20 seconds, set on July 22, 2016, at the London Müller Anniversary Games, breaking the previous world record of 12.21 seconds achieved nearly 28 years earlier by Bulgarian athlete Yordanka Donkova. Quotes Because of him I’ve been able to move forward from times in my career when I messed up. He was there every single time and I think that says a lot about him. He cares about my performance on the track but also about me as a person I think being able to understand your event and know how technical it is, helps you know what you need to do to improve. What you got to do is to compete under pressure. The girls who got the Olympic slots went out and ran 100%. I did not rise to the occasion and that is my fault Mondays and Fridays we run a lot but no hurdle technique work. Tuesdays and Thursdays I hurdle. Wednesday I have a day off. It’s the same schedule I had in college when I trained with coach Flo as I do now I don’t think I would want to change the past because not making that Olympic team made me hungrier for the next race and perhaps that was why I was able to go out and break the world record. I just had so much inside me and so much that I knew I could do. At the time it was tough not making the Olympic team but overall it was part of my plan. Each time I mess up I try to go back to practice and fix it. Track and field is 90% mental. So if you’re negative and hard on yourself it’s harder to move on and harder to succeed in the sport. "Catching up with hurdles queen Kendra Harrison", 30th August, 2018 External links Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:People from North Carolina Category:Track and field athletes Category:Women from the United States Category:Women born in the 1990s