Cordell Tinch is the world champion in the 110m hurdles, completing a fairytale story after he sold phones, installed cable and operated machinery that made toilet paper during a three-year break from track .

Tinch, a 25-year-old from Wisconsin who missed the 2024 Olympic team by one spot, won Tuesday’s final in 12.99 seconds.

Jamaicans Orlando Bennett and Tyler Mason took silver and bronze at the World Championships in Tokyo.

“I don’t think that I make it to where I am now if I don’t ever take that break to find myself,” Tinch said before worlds. “Finding myself was the biggest part of all of that. Just because at the time, I don’t think I was a very happy person.”

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Tinch returned to track in 2023, and from out of no

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