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Lalonde breaks T&T 300m record

Lalonde Gordon erased a 23-year-old Trinidad and Tobago record from the books, at the International Meeting de Liège, in Belgium on Wednesday.

Gordon stopped the clock at 32.21 seconds to capture the men's 300 metres title. The 2012 Olympic 400m bronze medallist finished ahead of Belgium's Jonathan Borlee, the runner-up in 32.43, and American Patrick Feeney (32.73).

Gordon's impressive 32.21 clocking was six-hundredths of a second faster than the previous T&T standard of 32.27, established by Ian Morris in Wales way back in 1992.

On Wednesday, Gordon ran a full half-second faster than his previous outdoor best in the event, 32.71 seconds. The 26-year-old Tobago quarter-miler also has a 32.47 indoor best to his name.

Gordon is now at the top of the all-time T&T men's 300m outdoor and indoor lists. Morris is second on the outdoor list with his 32.27 run. Renny Quow is third thanks to the 32.36 seconds clocking he produced at last year's International Meeting de Liège, in Belgium. Ato Stephens and Patrick Delice are fourth and fifth, respectively, at 32.62 and 32.90.

Quow is second on the all-time T&T indoor list at 32.71 seconds.

Gordon's 32.21 national record run earned him fifth spot on the 2015 world outdoor list. South Africa's Wayde van Niekirk is the world-leader at 31.63 seconds. Veteran Bahamian Chris Brown is in second spot with a 31.99 clocking. Great Britain's Delano Williams is next on the list with a 32.14 run. And American David Verburg is fourth fastest this year at 32.17.

American 200/400 great, Michael Johnson is the men's 300m world record holder with a 30.85 seconds run, produced at altitude in Pretoria, South Africa in 2000. Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt is second on the global all-time list at 30.97, while third spot is held by American LaShawn Merritt (31.30).

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