Sally Pearson said Sunday she is keen to take on many of the world’s fastest women when she doubles up at this year’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
The Olympic hurdles champion extended her number of national titles to 13 when she won the 100-metres hurdles in 12.72 seconds in Melbourne on Sunday, a day after winning the 100m on the flat. Pearson contested both events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and only a controversial false start in the flat race denied her two gold medals.
But with the likes of multiple world and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and the other Caribbean sprint queens likely to compete in Glasgow, the competition will be tougher.
“I’m not expecting medals because I think this time around the best in the world will be attending the Commonwealth Games and they’ll probably run 11.0s, 10.9s, who knows?” said Pearson, who has a 100m personal best time of 11.14.
