Hurdles Produce Another Olympic Gold for America and Finally a Medal for France in Track

Hurdles Produce Another Olympic Gold for America and Finally a Medal for France in Track
Competitors race in the women's 100-meter hurdles final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France, on Aug. 10, 2024. Bernat Armangue/AP Photo
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SAINT-DENIS, France—America’s Masai Russell won a photo finish Saturday in the women’s 100-meter hurdles where the biggest cheer came for Cyrena Samba-Mayela, whose silver medal marks the first of any color for France at the Olympic track meet.

In a close-as-can-be race down the straightaway, Russell finished in 12.33 seconds, but had to wait another 15 seconds to learn she had beaten the Frenchwoman by .01.