US EditionSwiss Kambundji Takes Shock World 100m Hurdles Crown
Ditaji Kambundji set a Swiss national record of 12.24 seconds to win gold, narrowly beating defending champion Tobi Amusan, who took silver with 12.29 seconds.
- On Monday in Tokyo, Switzerland's Ditaji Kambundji won the women's 100m hurdles with a Swiss national record of 12.24 seconds, narrowly beating Nigeria's Tobi Amusan who took silver in 12.29 seconds.
- Kambundji entered the final with a modest profile compared with her sister Mujinga, while Tobi Amusan, Nigeria's world record holder and 2022 champion, was the pre-race favourite.
- American Grace Stark clinched bronze in 12.34 seconds with Masai Russell fourth in 12.44, and Stark said `I just wanted to walk away from here with a medal, that's always the goal coming in`.
- The result denied the defending champion a second title as Ditaji Kambundji's win secured Team Nigeria its first medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
- Kambundji's rise also makes her one of the fastest ever, as she became the joint-seventh fastest woman of all time despite being less known than her sister Mujinga Kambundji, older sister and two-time indoor 60m world champion, boosting Swiss athletics.
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The Bernese competed at the World Cup in Tokyo in over 100 metres of hurdles in a Swiss gold medal record. She is only the third Swiss woman to win the title in the open-air World Cup.
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I think its such a great thing happening in our sport and for women because I feel women's sports aren't as big." Olympic champion Masai Russell, the form hurdler of the year, was fourth in 12.44, while twice world champion Danielle Williams finished seventh in 12.53. "Every race is a learning opportunity," said American Russell, who declared this week that she wants to break the 12-second barrier.
Tokyo 2025: Tobi Amusan clinches silver in 100m hurdles
Nigeria’s sprint hurdler, Tobi Amusan, claimed the silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships, clocking an impressive 12.29 seconds in the final. Competing under the floodlights of the National Stadium, Amusan delivered a strong performance but was edged out by Ditaji Kambundji of Switzerland, who stormed to victory in 12.24 seconds, setting a new Swiss national record. The bronze medal went to the U…
In the Tokyo finals, the Swiss won in front of Tobi Amusan and the American Grace Stark. Masai Russell, Olympic champion, finished at the foot of the podium.
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