Jackson was unusually slow from the blocks

World record-holder Colin Jackson lost his season's unbeaten record in the 60 metres hurdles at the Sparkassen International indoor meeting in Dortmund on Wednesday.

The 35-year-old Welshman, who is continuing his build-up to next month's world indoor championships, was beaten by Maurice Wignall, bronze medalist in last summer's Commonwealth Games 110m hurdles.

Wignall crossed the finishing line in 7.52 seconds, breaking the Jamaican record he set on Sunday in Stuttgart by one hundredth-of-a-second.

Jackson, left in his blocks at the start, came through for second place in 7.56 seconds, with Austrian Elmar Lichtenegger third in 7.57.

I'm pleased with the performance and I know there is much better to come Colin Jackson

Jackson, who has seven weeks before he makes his swansong when he aims to win a second world indoor gold medal in Birmingham, remained upbeat.

He admitted: "Yes, I was a little pedestrian coming out of the blocks.

"But there are pluses from the poor start. It gave me the kind of practice I might need.

"I had to fight back and at the finish was only one-hundredth-of-a-second from the season's best I ran in Glasgow on Sunday.

"I'm pleased with the performance and I know there is much better to come."

Once again I was left to make the running without any help Berhane Adere

Of the man who beat him, Jackson added: "He's getting better race by race, and I am sure he is going to step up a gear judging by his recent performances."

Adere falls short

Ethiopian Berhane Adere made a brave attempt to break Gabriela Szabo's women's world 5000m record of 14 minutes 47.35 seconds.

The 29-year-old Adere clocked the second-fastest time ever, 14:48.21, but found herself with just too much to do, running the final 1300 metres on her own.

"It was a very hard race, and once again I was left to make the running without any help," she complained.