(Sports news) The New York Grand Prix saw Devon Allen produce the third quickest 110m hurdle in the sport’s history on Sunday. The 27 year old won in 12.84 seconds, behind Aries Merritt (12.80) and world champion Grant Holloway (12.81). Allen will be playing for the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL after getting a contract from the team in April. The two time Olympian will be hoping to compete at next month's World Championships in Eugene, Oregon before joining the Eagles.

Speaking after the New York Grand Prix, Allen said “I thought I was going to break the world record today so we'll have to wait for another race.” The 27 year old finished fifth in the 2016 Olympics and fourth at last year’s Tokyo Olympics. This summer, the Eagles invited Allen to visit their training facilities after which he signed a three year contract as an undrafted rookie with the NFL team. He was expected to join the Eagles earlier but tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in his participation at the New York Grand Prix. 

In other results, Christian Coleman went under 10 seconds, running 9.92secs in the men's 100 metres, beating Jamaica’s Ackeem Blake (9.95) in the men's 100 metres while American Marvin Bracy was third (10.03). In other events, US 100m champion Sha'Carri Richardson was beaten in the 100m event, finishing second behind Aleia Hobbs who got the time of 10.83secs while Richardson was just behind at 10.85 while Olympic finalist Teahna Daniels was third in 10.99. However, Richardson bounced back to win the 200m in 22.38secs ahead of Tamara Clark (22.62) and the Bahamas' Tynia Gaither (22.66).

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