Masai Russell, an athlete who is part of WWE’s NIL program, has captured gold in the ongoing Summer Olympics games in Paris, France.
Russell won her medal in the women’s 100m hurdles with a time of 12.34 seconds, just 0.01 seconds faster than Cyréna Samba-Mayela of France who took silver.
THE OLYMPIC DEBUTANTE IS AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION.
Masai Russell wins 100m hurdles gold by .01 seconds! 🤯 #ParisOlympics
📺 NBC & Peacock pic.twitter.com/Q65Lb7WwUr
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 10, 2024
On Twitter, WWE CCO Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque congratulated Russell on her gold medal-earning performance in her first Olympic Games.
Huge congrats to inaugural #WWENIL class member Masai Russell on taking home Olympic gold in the 100m hurdles. https://t.co/0Sa4Vx6oOM
— Triple H (@TripleH) August 10, 2024
