Masai Russell

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Masai Russell
OLY
File:Masai Russell at the 2024 United States Olympic trials.jpg
Personal information
Born (2000-06-17) June 17, 2000 (age 24)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1]
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Athletics/Track
Event(s) 100 meters hurdles, 400 meters hurdles, 60 metres hurdles
College team Kentucky Wildcats
Coached by Lonnie Greene
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2024 Paris
100 mH,  Gold
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m hurdles

Masai Russell OLY[citation needed] (born June 17, 2000) is an American track and field sprinter and hurdler. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 m hurdles event. Russell is the U.S. NCAA Record holder in the 100 m hurdles.[2]

Russell holds personal bests of 12.25 seconds over 100 m hurdles which is tied for #5 of all time, 7.75 seconds over 60 metres hurdles, which is #13 of all time and 54.66 seconds over 400 metres hurdles.

Career

In 2021, Russell ran her first sub-13s 100 m hurdles in placing second in her heat at the SEC Championships. She went on to place sixth in the final.[3] Later that year, Russell ran 12.93s to make the final of the NCAA Division I Championships, where she finished sixth.

At the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, Russell placed third in the 100 m hurdles and fourth in the 400 m hurdles.[3]

In 2023, Russell broke the collegiate record for the 60 m hurdles, running 7.75s to beat Grace Stark's time of 7.78s set the year before.[4] In April, she ran a collegiate record of 12.36s over 100 m hurdles at the Texas Relays.[5] In June, she placed second in both the 100 m hurdles and 400 m hurdles at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships.[6][7] At the 2023 USA Outdoor Championships, Russell finished third qualifying to represent the United States at the World Championships in Budapest.[8] She made the semi-finals where she didn't finish after hitting a hurdle.[9]

Russell finished fourth in the 60 m hurdles at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.[10] She placed first at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 m hurdles in a personal best time of 12.25 to qualify her for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[11] At the Olympics, Russell won gold with a time of 12.33s, narrowly beating Cyrena Samba-Mayela.[12][13] She ended her 2024 season by finishing third at the inaugural Athlos meet.[14]

In September 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.[15]

Education

Masai Russell graduated from Bullis School in 2018.[16] She graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Health Science in 2023.[1]

Professional

International competition

Representing  United States
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2017 Pan American U20 Championships Trujillo, Peru 3rd 400 m hurdles 57.55
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 9th (h) 100 m hurdles 12.601
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 4th 60 m hurdles 7.81
Olympic Games Paris, France 1st 100 m hurdles 12.33

1DNF in the semi-finals.

Awards

References

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