Masai Russell Runs Second-Fastest 100m Hurdles Time In History

Masai Russell ran 12.14 in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Xiamen Diamond League, the second-fastest time in history behind Tobi Amusan’s world record.

May 23, 2026 by Joe Harrington

Masai Russell On The Athlete's Lounge2:06

Masai Russell produced one of the greatest sprint hurdle performances ever recorded at the Xiamen Diamond League, storming to victory in 12.14, improving her previous No. 2 on the all-time mark from 12.17.

The American missed Tobi Amusan’s world record of 12.12 by just two hundredths of a second and delivered the fastest women’s 100m hurdles performance since the world record race in 2022.

Russell exploded through the middle barriers and separated from the field before the final hurdles, powering across the finish line to set a Diamond League record, meet record and world lead all in the same race. The performance immediately becomes one of the defining moments of the 2026 outdoor season and further establishes Russell as one of the premier sprint hurdlers in the world.

Ironically, the athlete closest to her was Amusan herself. The Nigerian world record holder finished second in 12.28 after chasing Russell throughout the race but never fully closing the gap over the final meters. Devynne Charlton followed in third at 12.37, while Megan Simmonds and Ditaji Kambundji also finished under 12.65 in a loaded international final.

Russell entered the season already carrying the world lead at 12.25 after her performance in Shanghai, but Xiamen elevated her into another level entirely. Only Amusan has ever run faster. With the championship season still months away, Russell’s 12.14 now stands as one of the fastest sprint hurdle performances the sport has ever seen.

Women’s 100m Hurdles Xiamen Diamond League Results

Masai Russell, United States: 12.14
Tobi Amusan, Nigeria: 12.28
Devynne Charlton, Bahamas: 12.37
Megan Simmonds, Jamaica: 12.52
Ditaji Kambundji, Switzerland: 12.62
Ackera Nugent, Jamaica: 12.64
Danielle Williams, Jamaica: 12.90
Yanni Wu, China: 13.06
Tonea Marshall, United States: 13.13
Jingyang Liu, China: 13.26

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Diamond League Xiamen Schedule 2026

5:15 ET — 5000m Mixed Final
6:05 ET — 4x100m Relay Men Final
6:10 ET — Javelin Throw Women Final
6:17 ET — 4x100m Relay Women Final
6:30 ET — 100m Men Final
6:35 ET — Shot Put Men Final
6:41 ET — 100m Women Final
6:51 ET — High Jump Women Final
7:04 ET — 400m Men Final
7:15 ET — 3000m Steeplechase Women Final
7:18 ET — Long Jump Men Final
7:35 ET — 110m Hurdles Men Final
7:44 ET — 200m Women Final
7:48 ET — Discus Throw Women Final
7:52 ET — 5000m Men Final
8:13 ET — 1500m Women Final
8:27 ET — 400m Hurdles Men Final
8:40 ET — 100m Men Final
8:52 ET — 100m Hurdles Women Final

2026 Wanda Diamond League: Xiamen Entries

Javelin Women - 6:10 AM ET

Maria Andrejczyk — Poland — PB: 71.40
Haruka Kitaguchi — Japan — PB: 67.38
Adriana Vilagoš — Serbia — PB: 67.22
Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado — Colombia — PB: 66.70
Sigrid Borge — Norway — PB: 66.50
Ziyi Yan — China — PB: 65.89
Elina Tzengko — Greece — PB: 65.81
Qianqian Dai — China — PB: 64.38
Tori Moorby — New Zealand — PB: 63.26
Małgorzata Maślak-Glugla — Poland — PB: 61.79

Shot Put Men - 6:35 AM ET

Ryan Crouser — United States — PB: 23.56
Joe Kovacs — United States — PB: 23.23
Leonardo Fabbri — Italy — PB: 22.98
Tom Walsh — New Zealand — PB: 22.90
Rajindra Campbell — Jamaica — PB: 22.31
Adrian Piperi — United States — PB: 22.29
Jordan Geist — United States — PB: 22.25
Roger Steen — United States — PB: 22.11
Uziel Muñoz — Mexico — PB: 21.97
Jialiang Xing — China — PB: 20.44

High Jump Women - 6:51 AM ET

Yuliia Levchenko — Ukraine — PB: 2.02
Eleanor Patterson — Australia — PB: 2.02
Iryna Gerashchenko — Ukraine — PB: 2.00
Morgan Lake — Great Britain — PB: 2.00
Maria Żodzik — Poland — PB: 2.00
Imke Onnen — Germany — PB: 1.98
Lamara Distin — Jamaica — PB: 1.97
Charity Hufnagel — United States — PB: 1.94
Jiawen Lu — China — PB: 1.92
Yuqi Shao — China — PB: 1.90

400m Men - 7:04 AM ET

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi — Botswana — PB: 43.53
Muzala Samukonga — Zambia — PB: 43.74
Zakithi Nene — South Africa — PB: 43.76
Christopher Morales Williams — Canada — PB: 44.05
Bayapo Ndori — Botswana — PB: 44.10
Vernon Norwood — United States — PB: 44.10
Christopher Bailey — United States — PB: 44.15
Attila Molnár — Hungary — PB: 44.55
Kai Liu — China — PB: 45.06

3000m Steeplechase Women - 7:15 AM ET

Winfred Yavi — Bahrain — PB: 8:44.39
Peruth Chemutai — Uganda — PB: 8:48.03
Faith Cherotich — Kenya — PB: 8:48.71
Norah Jeruto — Kazakhstan — PB: 8:53.02
Alice Finot — France — PB: 8:58.67
Marwa Bouzayani — Tunisia — PB: 9:01.46
Courtney Wayment — United States — PB: 9:06.50
Alemnat Walle — Ethiopia — PB: 9:06.88
Kaylee Mitchell — United States — PB: 9:08.66
Lexy Halladay — United States — PB: 9:08.68
Olivia Markezich — United States — PB: 9:14.26
Olivia Gürth — Germany — PB: 9:15.17
Adva Cohen — Israel — PB: 9:19.90
Wosane Asefa — Ethiopia — PB: 9:20.83
Cara Feain-Ryan — Australia — PB: 9:22.01
Angelina Ellis — United States — PB: 9:22.03
Veerle Bakker — Netherlands — PB: 9:25.53
Firehiwot Gesese — Ethiopia — PB: 9:25.53
Xia Luo — China — PB: 9:26.44
Kena Tufa — Ethiopia — PB: 9:31.72

Long Jump Men - 7:18 AM ET

Tajay Gayle — Jamaica — PB: 8.69
Miltiadis Tentoglou — Greece — PB: 8.65
Wayne Pinnock — Jamaica — PB: 8.54
Yuhao Shi — China — PB: 8.43
Mattia Furlani — Italy — PB: 8.39
Liam Adcock — Australia — PB: 8.34
Mingkun Zhang — China — PB: 8.26
Anvar Anvarov — Uzbekistan — PB: 8.25
Bozhidar Sarâboyukov — Bulgaria — PB: 8.22
Heng Shu — China — PB: 8.22

110mH Men - 7:35 AM ET

Cordell Tinch — United States — PB: 12.87
Rachid Muratake — Japan — PB: 12.92
Jamal Britt — United States — PB: 13.07
Jason Joseph — Switzerland — PB: 13.07
Orlando Bennett — Jamaica — PB: 13.08
Enrique Llopis — Spain — PB: 13.09
Zhuoyi Xu — China — PB: 13.12
Junxi Liu — China — PB: 13.14
Eric Edwards — United States — PB: 13.15
Enzo Diessl — Austria — PB: 13.17

200m Women - 7:44 AM ET

Shericka Jackson — Jamaica — PB: 21.41
Shaunae Miller-Uibo — Bahamas — PB: 21.74
Mckenzie Long — United States — PB: 21.83
Jenna Prandini — United States — PB: 21.89
Sha’Carri Richardson — United States — PB: 21.92
Anavia Battle — United States — PB: 21.95
Amy Hunt — Great Britain — PB: 22.08
Torrie Lewis — Australia — PB: 22.56
Yujie Chen — China — PB: 22.97

Discus Women - 7:48 AM ET

Valarie Sion — United States — PB: 73.52
Jorinde van Klinken — Netherlands — PB: 70.99
Laulauga Tausaga — United States — PB: 70.72
Bin Feng — China — PB: 69.12
Veronica Fraley — United States — PB: 68.72
Shanice Craft — Germany — PB: 68.10
Cierra Jackson — United States — PB: 67.82
Silinda Moráles — Cuba — PB: 67.25
Erika Beistle — United States — PB: 66.72
Vanessa Kamga — Sweden — PB: 66.61

5000m Men - 7:52 AM ET

Andreas Almgren — Sweden — PB: 12:44.27
Jacob Krop — Kenya — PB: 12:45.71
Biniam Mehary — Ethiopia — PB: 12:45.93
Birhanu Balew — Bahrain — PB: 12:48.67
Addisu Yihune — Ethiopia — PB: 12:49.65
Mezgebu Sime — Ethiopia — PB: 12:49.80
Mohamed Abdilaahi — Germany — PB: 12:53.63
Cornelius Kemboi — Kenya — PB: 12:57.80
Eduardo Herrera — Mexico — PB: 12:58.57
Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang — Kenya — PB: 12:58.61
Santiago Catrofe — Uruguay — PB: 12:59.26
Keneth Kiprop — Uganda — PB: 13:00.49
Tim Verbaandert — Netherlands — PB: 13:06.14
Khairi Bejiga — Ethiopia — PB: 13:06.53
Edwin Kurgat — Kenya — PB: 13:08.46
Harbert Kibet — Uganda — PB: 13:11.87
Seth O’Donnell — Australia — PB: 13:12.42
Abdisa Fayisa — Ethiopia — PB: 13:13.16
Timothy Cheruiyot — Kenya — PB: 13:47.2h
Filip Sasínek — Czechia — PB: 13:55.47
Boaz Kiprugut — Kenya — PB:

1500m Women - 8:13 AM ET

Jessica Hull — Australia — PB: 3:50.83
Birke Haylom — Ethiopia — PB: 3:53.22
Dorcus Ewoi — Kenya — PB: 3:54.92
Emily Mackay — United States — PB: 3:55.90
Linden Hall — Australia — PB: 3:56.33
Worknesh Mesele — Ethiopia — PB: 3:57.00
Saron Berhe — Ethiopia — PB: 3:57.72
Revee Walcott-Nolan — Great Britain — PB: 3:58.08
Claudia Hollingsworth — Australia — PB: 3:58.09
Sarah Billings — Australia — PB: 3:59.24
Abbey Caldwell — Australia — PB: 3:59.32
Gabija Galvydytė — Lithuania — PB: 4:00.71
Joceline Wind — Switzerland — PB: 4:01.59
Gracie Morris — United States — PB: 4:04.05
Chunhui Li — China — PB: 4:06.28
Taryn Parks — United States — PB: 4:09.84

400mH Men - 8:27 AM ET

Karsten Warholm — Norway — PB: 45.94
Alison dos Santos — Brazil — PB: 46.29
Abderrahman Samba — Qatar — PB: 46.98
Kyron McMaster — British Virgin Islands — PB: 47.08
Caleb Dean — United States — PB: 47.23
Trevor Bassitt — United States — PB: 47.38
CJ Allen — United States — PB: 47.58
Matheus Lima — Brazil — PB: 48.08
Debin Gong — China — PB: 48.68

100m Men - 8:40 AM ET

Trayvon Bromell — United States — PB: 9.76
Christian Coleman — United States — PB: 9.76
Ferdinand Omanyala — Kenya — PB: 9.77
Kenneth Bednarek — United States — PB: 9.79
Akani Simbine — South Africa — PB: 9.82
Letsile Tebogo — Botswana — PB: 9.86
Gift Leotlela — South Africa — PB: 9.87
Lachlan Kennedy — Australia — PB: 9.96
Xinrui Deng — China — PB: 10.06
Shengjie Wang — China — PB: 10.14

100mH Women - 8:52 AM ET

Tobi Amusan — Nigeria — PB: 12.12
Masai Russell — United States — PB: 12.17
Ditaji Kambundji — Switzerland — PB: 12.24
Tonea Marshall — United States — PB: 12.24
Ackera Nugent — Jamaica — PB: 12.24
Danielle Williams — Jamaica — PB: 12.31
Megan Simmonds — Jamaica — PB: 12.34
Devynne Charlton — Bahamas — PB: 12.44
Yanni Wu — China — PB: 12.74
Jingyang Liu — China — PB: 12.81

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