Masai Russell attended her alma mater University of Kentucky’s football fixture and her Paris Olympics roommate Tara Davis-Woodhall reacted to the former flaunting her gold medal there. Both athletes won gold at the quadrennial event, with Russell winning the 100m hurdles event while Davis-Woodhall triumphed in the long jump.
Russell clocked 12.33 seconds in the event’s final to win gold, missing the Olympic record by just 0.07 seconds, edging out Frances’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela. The 24-year-old previously attended the University of Kentucky as part of the Class of 2022. She attended the Kentucky Wildcats’ football fixture against the Georgia Bulldogs at Kroger Field, which they lost 12-13.
Russell showed off her gold medal to the crowd, who were cheering for her and the official Instagram handle of the University of Kentucky Athletics shared a video of the same.
Davis-Woodhall responded to the video by commenting:
“Da Best.”
Like Masai Russell, Tara Davis-Woodhall also clinched gold at the Paris Olympics, winning the long jump event after clearing a distance of 7.10m in the final.
A look at the performances of Tara Davis-Woodhall and Masai Russell in 2024
Tara Davis-Woodhall and Masai Russell both competed in various events in 2024. For Russell, apart from the Paris Olympics, she wasn’t particularly impressive in any of the events she competed in, indoors or outdoors.
Davis-Woodhall started the 2024 season with a string of successful indoor performances. She won the gold medal in long jump at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow after clearing 7.07m in the final. The 25-year-old also triumphed at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix and the USATF Indoor Championships.
Davis-Woodhall won the USATF New York City Grand Prix before impressing at the Olympic Trials. The 25-year-old has competed just once after the Paris Olympics, winning the long jump event at the Rome Diamond League.
Masai Russell has competed in four events following her exploits in Paris, the first of which came at the Silesia Diamond League, where she finished fourth. The 24-year-old followed this up with a runner-up finish at the Roma Diamond League and a third-place finish at the Zurich Diamond League.
Her most recent appearance came at the Grand Prix Lombardia, finishing second after clocking 12.91 seconds.
