Masai Russell

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Masai Russell ( mə-SY; 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.
Russell holds personal bests of 12.14 seconds over 100 m hurdles which is second-fastest of all time and the American Record, 7.74 seconds over 60 metres hurdles, which is tied for thirteenth-fastest of all time and 54.66 seconds over 400 metres hurdles.

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. 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.
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. In April, she ran a collegiate record of 12.36s over 100 m hurdles at the Texas Relays. In June, she placed second in both the 100 m hurdles and 400 m hurdles at the…