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WATCH: Chesapeake's Grant Holloway sets new 60m hurdles world record

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Grant Holloway, of the United States celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 110 meter hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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MADRID, Spain - On Wednesday, Chesapeake native Grant Holloway set the the new 60-meter hurdles world record.

The Grassfield High School product broke the record with a time of 7.29, which is .01 of a second faster than the previous record set by Colin Jackson in 1994.

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