European champion clocks 12.51 in Morocco to better the British record mark set by Jessica Ennis-Hill in 2012

Tiffany Porter has broken the British 100m hurdles record, clocking 12.51 at the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech on Sunday.

Her time takes three hundredths of a second off the previous UK record mark set by Jessica Ennis-Hill as part of her Olympic gold medal-winning heptathlon campaign at the London 2012 Games.

In clocking 12.51 behind winner Dawn Harper-Nelson who clocked a 12.47 African all-comers’ record in Morocco, Porter shaved four hundredths of a second off her previous personal best set when claiming world bronze in Moscow last summer.

The mark comes in what has been a successful season for the 26-year-old, who in August added European gold to her world bronze, having only a couple of weeks before also claimed Commonwealth silver.

“I am absolutely happy, even if I did not win,” she told the IAAF.

“My season was great – topped with the European title and the national record now.”

She added: “I think I deserve a holiday now. Last year, I had six weeks but I do not think my coach will allow me so much this year. I think it will be three to four weeks.”

UK 100m hurdles all-time list

12.51 Tiffany Porter Marrakech September 2014
12.54 Jessica Ennis-Hill London August 2012
12.80 Angie Thorp Atlanta July 1996
12.81 Sarah Claxton Loughborough July 2008
12.82 Sally Gunnell Zurich August 1988

You can read more on IAAF Continental Cup action here, while there will be more in-depth coverage together with pictures and results in the September 18 edition of Athletics Weekly

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