International King of Sports event is run as a knockout with the slowest contestant in each round being eliminated, until one winner is left. This event takes place on a long jump track and pit. Rather than landing feet first, contestants jump headlong; if their feet touch the sand, their effort is a no-jump. Liam Collins who jumped a world record 8.96 m. The jump itself cannot be classed as a world track and field record as the head long technique is not permitted in actual Olympic Games. Contestants must keep both feet together and clear 10 hurdles on the 110m hurdles track. In
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles took another .02 off his national record for the bronze, the rest of the field was not even close, more than a quarter of a second behind. Merritt moves past Renaldo Nehemiah to become the #7 hurdler of all time. The Men's 110m Hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the Semifinals. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: