“ You can shoot for the moon and land on the stars, or you can shoot for the moon and land on the moon. So for me, that’s always the goal. The goal is to run faster than 12.12 (seconds), ” Masai Russell said in an interview before the Olympics. The perfect stage for this would have been the World Champions, the very place Tobi Amusan made the 12.12 World record in 2023, but for Masa, not only did that not happen, things went way worse.

In the finals of women’s 100m hurdles, Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji set a national record, taking home the gold as she crossed the line in 12.24 seconds. The 3-time world champion and 100m hurdles world record holder (12.12 s), Tobi Amusan, came second, finishing in 12.29 seconds. And finally, bronze belonged to the U.S. as Grace Stark claimed third i

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