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SPORNO: Hurdles Hotness David Oliver Muscles Up to Win 110M

PHOTOS: AP, GETTY, REUTERS

Olympiad and hurdles super-hotness David Oliver captured his third 110-meter hurdles title in the past four years in 13.04s at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday.

Oliver also won a chance at the World medal that has so-far eluded him at the August championships in Daegu, South Korea.

The Washington Post describes Oliver:

Oliver, the 2008 Olympic bronze medal winner, looked unstoppable. A former football player at Howard University, Oliver stands 6 feet 2, weighs 205 pounds and has shoulders broad enough to play linebacker. When he’s barreling down the track, it appears more likely he will bust through a hurdle than fall over one.

Runner-up Aries Merritt matched his season best of 13.12s.

Oliver holds the American 110M hurdles record at 12.89s.  Earlier this month, he won the Diamond League after a loss in Shanghai following a 20-win streak. More photos and watch a video clip of Oliver's win AFTER THE JUMP ...

SPORNO: Hurdles Hotness David Oliver Storms to World 110M Record

PHOTOS: Universal Sports, Reuters, Getty

America hurdles super-hotness David Oliver avenged his last month's loss in Shanghai to win the 110m hurdles at the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon.  

Oliver won the first and second place 110m hurdles "in a blazing 12.94sec" over Chinese phenom Liu Xiang, who snapped his 20-win streak at the Shanghai Diamond League. "Oliver's time was the fastest in the world in this World Championships season, improving on the 13.07 previously posted by both Liu and Cuban Dayron Robles," reports AFP.

Oliver won the bronze medal in that event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Liu and the fit and bulging Robles won gold medals in the 2004 and 2008 games. Oliver is the only one of the the three without Olympic gold and "his last chance in all likelihood comes next summer in London," reported USA Today in a profile this week. "Oliver says, 'Next year will probably be my last Olympics. I'll definitely be trying to upgrade from bronze to gold.'"

Getty also lensed this gorgeous black and white editorial of Oliver recently in Orlando. More of those, more deltoid-rific images from the meet and watch video of Oliver break the record today AFTER THE JUMP ...

SPORNO: Olympic Hurdles Hotness David Oliver in Shanghai

PHOTOS: AP

It had to end sometime. David Oliver reacts after finishing second and losing his 18-race win streak in the 110-meter hurdles to Chinese phenom Liu Xiang at the Shanghai Diamond League. Oliver won the bronze medal in that event at Beijing 2008.

David Oliver has not lost an outdoor 110-meter hurdles event since August 2009. Definitely looks like he is eating all of his spinach. A few photos from the race WHEN YOU JUMP ...

Zurich 2009: Nothing Comes Between Dwight Thomas and Terrence Trammell ...

... except two very thin strips of lycra and one hundredth of a second.

Jamaica's Dwight Thomas narrowly edges Team USA's Terrence Trammell to win 110 meter gold at the IAAF Golden League in Zurich, Switzerland. Barbados' Ryan Brathwaite bulged with bronze. It seems like Trammel and Thomas have their own contact sport going on here ...

More track hotness, WHEN YOU JUMP.

Cuban Olympic Track Star Dayron Robles Wins 110M Hurdles

Turning to your evening update from the Beijing Olympics: As expected, Cuban track phenomenon Dayron Robles wins the 110 meter hurdles. David Payne and David Oliver took silver and bronze, respectively, for the United States.

The fit, sculpted and bespectacled Robles, whose Olympic-sized bulge has become quite a conversation piece on the internets, is the world-record holder and "earned the gold with a sensational run of 12.93 seconds, just .06 seconds off the world mark he set in June."

Payne crossed the line in 13.17 seconds and Oliver was just .01 seconds back in third.

Earlier today, The New York Times published a very flattering profile of Cuban athlete and addressed a topic debated by Bernie and Taylor Siluwé in a previous post. The glasses. "Though Robles is all controlled power on the track, he looks like an academic when he leaves it with his wire-rimmed glasses. It is not just an impression. He is a thoughtful sort, poised beyond his years despite his recent struggles in major meets. ... 'To be Olympic champion is a dream,' Robles said. 'But another thing is how long you can be on the top. It’s a world you have to live in and coexist with other athletes from other countries. And I would be very happy to live as long as possible in this world. I’m 21, and I would like to be here until I’m 36 or 37.' "

Undoubtedly, many of Dayron Robles' fans look forward to him remaining "on top" ... for as long as he wants.

Cuba's Robles Wins 110 Hurdles [TSN]
In the High Hurdles, Robles Makes It Look Easy [NYT]

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