Masai Russell took a web page out of Noah Lyles’ e book on Saturday on the Paris Olympics and gained the ladies’s 100-meter hurdles by a torso.
Russell defeated Cyrena Samba-Mayela by one one-hundredth of a second to get again on the rostrum Russell crossed the road at 12.33 and Samba-Mayela completed with a 12.34.
Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn gained bronze.
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Masai Russell of america celebrates profitable the gold medal within the girls’s 100-meter hurdles last on day 15 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Stade de France Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris. (Hannah Peters/Getty Photographs)
Russell’s end gave the impression to be just like that of Lyles’ win within the 100-meter dash earlier this week. Lyles narrowly defeated Jamaican Kishane Thompson by 5 thousandths of a second.
The sector for the race was stacked as she defeated the defending Olympic champion in Camacho-Quinn and Jamaica’s Danielle Williams, who gained the world championships final 12 months in Budapest.
Masai Russell of america, second from left, celebrates profitable the gold medal forward of silver medalist Cyrena Samba-Mayela of Workforce France through the girls’s 100-meter hurdles last on day 15 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Stade de France Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris. (Patrick Smith/Getty Photographs)
Masai Russell of the U.S. crosses the end line forward of France’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela and Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn within the girls’s 100-meter hurdles last on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, Aug. 10, 2024. (Jewel Samad/AFP through Getty Photographs)
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“I suppose I don’t actually take into consideration (having the highest time) as a result of I do know there’s nonetheless extra within the tank,” Russell informed The Related Press earlier than the race. “I really feel like when you begin considering that you must do one thing greater than what you’ve already achieved, that’s when dangerous issues can (occur). … If it’s meant for me to win the gold, it’s going to occur.”
It’s Russell’s first Olympic medal – not to mention gold.
Masai Russell of america celebrates profitable the gold medal within the girls’s 100-meter hurdles on day 15 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Stade de France Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris. (Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu through Getty Photographs)
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Samba-Mayela acquired the loudest cheers as she gained a medal for her home country. It was the primary Olympic medal for her profession. She gained gold within the World Indoor Championships in 2022 within the 60-meter hurdles.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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