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Summary The world champion will fly to Europe on Monday to compete in the 100 meters hurdles.
Star sprinter Sally Pearson will contest the 100 meters sprint and hurdles events at a low-key athletics meeting in Brisbane on Saturday to trigger the final stage of her buildup to the London Olympics.The world champion will fly to Europe on Monday to compete in the 100 meters hurdles at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on June 7 as part of a carefully measured buildup to the games.The only other events on Pearsons pre-Olympic schedule are in Nivelles, Belgium on June 23, Paris on July 6 and London on July 14, when she will meet leading British hurdler Tiffany Porter.Pearson also used a four-event preparation in the lead up to last years world championships in Daegu at which she won the 100 meters hurdles in 12.28 seconds.Coach Sharon Hannan said Pearsons program was as close as she could get to last years world championships buildup.Racing is always different to training but everything Sally is doing in training at the moment is better than 2011_- its looking really good, Hannan told the AAP news agency. I said four years ago she was a developing athlete and shes still developing.Ive heard people say shes hit her peak but I think shes got another three or four years before she hits her peak. I think shes a pinup girl for long-term athlete development.The first round of the 100m hurdles at London will take place on Aug. 6 more than three weeks after Pearsons last warm up race.We also had a three-week lead-in going into Daegu last year and, while Sally found that frustrating, ultimately it worked, Hannan said. So we havent looked for another meet after London. Were pretty happy.
