American Olympic champion Masai Russell sets a new women’s 100m hurdles world record at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich, running 12.09 seconds. Multiple reports say the performance is faster than the previous world best of 12.12 seconds, held by Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan.
Sources also note that Russell’s previous personal best was 12.14 seconds and that she leads decisively after a fast start, moving into the front from the early hurdles. Amusan is mentioned across outlets as finishing second and posting a season-best time of 12.23 seconds. While the Nigerian outlets focus on the end of Amusan’s four-year reign as world record holder, at least one report also quotes Amusan discussing her reaction to seeing the record fall and her own performance.
Overall, the coverage converges on the same key details: the meet, the record time of 12.09 by Russell, Amusan’s earlier record of 12.12, and Amusan’s 12.23 season-best effort in the final.
