THE SIDELINES : Kingdom Gets Gold, Misses Record

Roger Kingdom won the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles today at the World University Games, but cold weather and stiffness prevented the two-time Olympic champion from challenging his own world record.

Americans also won three gold medals in relays on the final day of the games, tying them with the Soviet Union for the lead with nine.

“I was very stiff this morning, and I was concerned about that,” Kingdom said. “I just didn’t have enough.” Kingdom won easily, but his time of 13.26 was well outside his 2-week-old world record of 12.92.

“I wanted to break it again,” he said. “I felt pretty good yesterday. (In the heats) I was hitting quite a few hurdles, and today we had the wind in front of us, which is good because I ran well against the wind. But I just wasn’t able to break the record.”