Masai Russell of USA has broken the women 100m hurdles world record previously held by Tobi Amusan. At the Zurich Diamond League meeting. the American athlete won the meet with a blistering 12.09s, chipping off 0.03s to shatter Amusan’s 12.12s record that has held on for four years. Amusan finished second in the race with […]
Masai Russell of USA has broken the women 100m hurdles world record previously held by Tobi Amusan.
At the Zurich Diamond League meeting.
the American athlete won the meet with a blistering 12.09s, chipping off 0.03s to shatter Amusan’s 12.12s record that has held on for four years.
Amusan finished second in the race with a season’s best of 12. 23s, with Nadine Visser of the Netherlands claiming third place with 12.34s which was also her season’s best.
Amusan has failed to win several high- profile races coming into the Zurich meet, including a third place finish at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The race was a keenly contested duel between both Russell and Amusan, with the American the quickest off the block ahead of the Nigerian.
However, Amusan caught up with Russell at the fourth hurdle and both athletes were neck-to-neck until the seventh hurdle after which Russell found another gear to pull ahead of Amusan in the final to finish in world record time.
Russell has become the first athlete in 28 years to hold both the world record and Olympics gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles event.
Russell is undefeated this season, and has won all seven Diamond League events she participated in 2026.
