Robles continues assault on Jackson's record in Birmingham

CUBAN Olympic champion Dayron Robles will continue his bid to smash Colin Jackson's long-standing 60m hurdles record at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham later this month.

PERFECT PREP: Dayron Robles will look to continue his preparations for the World Indoor Championships at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham (Getty Images)

Robles believes he can erase Jackson's mark of 7.30 seconds - set in Sindelfingen 16 years ago - before or during next month's World Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha.

He ran 7.50 secs in Dusseldorf this week, the joint second fastest time in the world this year, despite claiming to be only 90 percent fit and will compete again in Stuttgart on Saturday.

"It's important for me to get as many races in as possible before heading out to Doha," said Robles, who was favourite to win world indoor gold two years ago but failed to advance through the heats after wrongly judging a false start. 

"After my result in 2008 I want to make sure that I perform the best to my ability and get a good time on the board.

"Birmingham is a great place to line up against some of the best in the world and fight it out on the track."