1 American Allen Johnson set a world best in the 110-meter hurdles Tuesday at the Russian winter track and field championships, winning with a clocking of 13:34 seconds.
2 The distance is not often run indoors where the world hurdles records are recognized at 50 meters or 60 meters.
3 Olympic champion Mark McKoy, formerly of Canada, now an Austrian citizen, was second, 0:04 seconds behind Johnson. McKoy holds the world record at 50 meters.
4 The previous best indoors for the 110-meter hurdles was 13.58 seconds.
5 England's Colin Jackson holds the outdoor mark for the 110 meters at 12.91. Johnson ran collegiately for North Carolina.
6 Russian walker Mikhail Shchennikov set a record in the 5-kilometer walk, circling the a wooden track in 18.07.08 minutes.
7 In the meet's biggest surprise, pole vaulter Sergei Bubka finished third, behind Radion Gataullin and Maxim Tarasov.
8 Gattaulin won at 5.86 meters (19 feet, 2 3/4 inches). Bubka did 5.70 meters (18-8 1/2).
9 Russian sprinter Irina Privalova, who badly wanted to set a world record in the 60-meter finals, had no serious rivals, and missed the record by 0.03 seconds. Her time was 6.95 seconds.

The distance is not often run indoors where the world hurdles records are recognized at 50 meters or 60 meters .
indoors
why is it not often run indoors?