August 12, 2013
T&T’s Gordon wins 400m semi final 1 from Culson
KINGSTON, Jamaica –Caribbean hurdlers dominated the first semi final in the 400m hurdles with Trinidad’s Jehue Gordon winning in 48.10 and Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson (48.42)in second
Jamaica’s Isa Phillips, hurdling a season’s best 49.28, finished fifth while top seeded Bershawn Jackson of the US pulled up early and did not finish.
Mamadou Kasse Hanne of Senegal was third (48.69) and Cornel Fredericks of Russian fourth (48.85),
The first two automatically qualify for the final.