The Barnaul citizen Sergey Shubenkov brought to Russia the first gold in the World Cup in Beijing

Sergey Shubenkov became world champion in run on 110 meters with barriers. It brought to Russia the first gold on the Beijing ChM-2015, and also updated a national record — 12,98 seconds.

This victory became the first in Russian and Soviet history in this discipline, notes DELFI.

the Russian athlete for 0,05 seconds outstripped the silver prize-winner Hansli Parchment from Jamaica. American Arys Merritt got "bronze" – 13.04.

Shubenkov's Medal became the second for Russians on a world championship. Earlier Denis Kudryavtsev took silver at a distance of 400 meters with barriers.