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Girls’s 100m hurdles
Common readers will know that the dash hurdles are certainly one of my favourite occasions. I recall the feats of Daybreak Harper, Sally Pearson, Brianna Rollins, Keni Harrison, Tobi Amusan, and many others. The occasion has gone mad with Masai Russell operating 12.26 or higher ten instances, together with a 12.14. I do know the observe, the footwear, diet, coaching, and many others all assist, however Masai’s two legs should do the work as properly.
By that customary, Nadine Visser successful the European title in 12.67 simply appears off the tempo. She gained by one thousandth of a second from Pia Skrzyszowska.
Visser mentioned afterward: “I lastly have a (European) out of doors medal and it’s a gold – that feels insane. It is a actual reduction, actually. It nonetheless hasn’t sunk in fully. That is the medal I’ve needed for a really very long time. Successful by a thousandth, this was pointless. Ready for the photograph end, I wasn’t actually desirous about whether or not I might get the gold medal or not; I simply felt this wasn’t the proper race. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter as a result of it was sufficient.
“I’ve had a lot unhealthy luck bodily throughout the European open air however have been the very best European athlete on the Olympics and Worlds. That’s good, however you simply wish to have a medal round your neck. I knew that this could be my final Euros, or perhaps my penultimate Euros. I used to be one of many favorites. I felt strain to lastly get a European out of doors medal and I did it”.
Ditaji Kambundji, who gained the World Champs final yr in 12.24 however has not repeated that kind in 2026. She was fourth in 12.75. Two years in the past in Rome, Kambundji had been second within the Europeans in 12.40 behind Cyrena Samba-Mayela (12.31). Skrzyszowska had taken bronze in 2024 in 12.42.
Britain’s Marcia Sey was 8th in 13.01. Within the week that Cindy Sember introduced her retirement, it’s one other reminder that GB is even additional off the tempo.
