{"id":1040007645,"date":"2025-09-16T16:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/?p=1040007645"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:09:52","slug":"from-odd-jobs-during-covid-to-global-gold-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/news\/from-odd-jobs-during-covid-to-global-gold-in-tokyo-1040007645\/","title":{"rendered":"From odd jobs during Covid to global gold in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sprint hurdler Cordell Tinch succeeds Grant Holloway as world champion with a dominant display.<\/p>\n

Cordell Tinch spent the pandemic period selling mobile phones and installing machinery that made toilet paper. Since returning seriously to athletics in 2023, though, he has enjoyed a meteoric rise and on Tuesday (Sept 16) won the world 110m hurdles crown in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old from Wisconsin clocked 12.99 (-0.3) as Jamaican duo Orlando Bennett and Tyler Mason came second and third in 13.08 and 13.12 respectively.<\/p>\n

Enrique Llopis of Spain was fourth in 13.16 with home nation hope Rachid Muratake receiving the biggest cheer of the night as he finished fifth in 13.18.<\/p>

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Grant Holloway, who has been dominant in this event in recent seasons, has not found his form this summer and was only sixth in his semi-final with 13.52.<\/p>\n

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Cordell Tinch (left) beats Orlando Bennett (centre) and Rachid Muratake (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tinch was a promising sprint hurdler and NFL player during college but had a three-year break from track where he did a series of odd jobs before finally returning to athletics.<\/p>\n

He failed to make the US team last year by one place but this year it was his turn to shine and he took the opportunity in style.<\/p>\n

\"When I crossed the finish line I felt relieved,\" he said. \"I came into this season with the goal of winning the world title. I wanted to be the best hurdler in the world.<\/p>

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Cordell Tinch (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Keeping the medal with America is fantastic. I stepped away from the track for a couple of years but I am not regretting it at all. If I hadn't taken that break from the track, I wouldn't be a world champion now. Everything I learned at that time away from the sport made me the man I am and a world champion.<\/p>\n

\"There are ups and downs, but at the end of the day you get what you're supposed to get. Being the only one to run sub-13 today makes me happy. I believed I was the best out there, so I didn't feel any pressure. People expected me to panic but I stayed focused.<\/p>\n

\"I don't think any hurdler will tell you can run hurdles perfectly, unless it's 12.79. I don't think it was a perfect race but it was the race I needed to get the job done.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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