USA's Masai Russell upsets Camacho-Quinn in Tobi Amusan's absence to win 100m women's hurdle

USA's Masai Russell upsets Camacho-Quinn in Tobi Amusan's absence to win 100m women's hurdle

Hassan Abdulsalam 21:02 - 10.08.2024

Russell won the 100m women's hurdle after Nigeria's Tobi Amusan failed to make it to the final.

Masai Russell of the United States of America claimed a thrilling victory in the final of the women's 100m hurdles at the Paris Olympics.

Masai Russell win 100m women's hurdle

In a heart-stopping photo finish, Russell edged out France's Cyrena Samba-Mayela by a mere hundredth of a second, with a time of 12.33 seconds to Samba-Mayela's 12.34 seconds.

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Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico secured the bronze medal with a time of 12.36 seconds.

100m women's hurdles World Record recorder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria was absent after her semifinal time of 12.55s was not enough to book a place in the final.

Masai Russell win 100m women's hurdle

Women's 100-meter hurdles results

  • Masai Russell (United States)L 12.33 seconds
  • Cyrena Samba-Mayela (France): 12.34 seconds
  • Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico): 12.36 seconds
  • Nadine Visser (Netherlands): 12.425 seconds
  • Grace Stark (United States): 12.428 seconds
  • Devynne Charlton (Bahamas): 12.56 seconds
  • Alaysha Johnson (United States): 12.93 seconds
  • Ackera Nugent (Jamaica): DNF
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