Jamaica’s Ronald Levy and Hansel Parchment qualified for the final of the men’s 110 metres hurdles at the Tokyo Olympic Games Wednesday morning (Tuesday night Jamaica time), but compatriot Damion Thomas failed to progress.

Levy won Semi-final One, with Parchment finishing second in Semi-final Two, while Thomas was third in Semi-final Three.

The top two finishers in each of the three semi-finals earned automatic spots to Thursday’s final, which was completed by the next two fastest finishers.

Levy, in lane seven, got a fairly good start, with United States of America’s (USA) Daniel Roberts assuming the lead early, with the other competitors, including Levy, in a close fight behind.

Roberts, however, struggled towards the end of the race and faded as Levy came through after the final hurdle to out dip, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde of France and Asier Martinez of Span, as Roberts ended fifth after being also passed by Andrew Pozzi of Great Britain.

Levy clocked 13.23 seconds to win the event, with Martinot-Lagarde, second, in a season-best of 13.25.
Martinez did a personal best of 13.27 seconds, which was one of the next two fastest times to qualify for the final, as the other, 13.32 seconds by Andrew Pozzi of Great Britain, was also from this semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Parchment got his usual slow start and gradually gained momentum while passing rivals to eventually gain the second position, with USA’s Grant Holloway an easy winner.

Parchment completed the distance in 13.23 seconds, with Holloway winning in 13.13 as Japan’s Shunsuke Izumiya finished third in 13.35.

Jamaica’s final competitor in the event, Thomas, got a poor start and ran hard to get third after being at the back of the field in the early stages.

His time of 13.39 seconds was not among the two fastest that would have advanced as his semi-finals was won by USA’s Devon Allen in a personal best of 13.18 seconds, with Aurel Manga of France, second in 13.39.