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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Marquies Page won Jamaica’s first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games that are being held at Stade Iba Mar Diop in Dakar, Senegal on Monday, running a personal best and Youth Olympic record 12.95 seconds (-0.4m/s) to win the 110m hurdles final.
Page was the second Jamaican to win the event and broke the previous record 12.96 seconds that was set by compatriot Jaheel Hyde in Nanjing, China in 2014.
Page’s previous best in the event was 13.06 seconds which he ran while winning the Class 2 boys’ 110m hurdles at the ISSA Boys’ and Girls’ Champs in March.
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