Semifinals: Friday 11 Sep, 20:04
Closing: Friday 11 Sep, 21:20

Contenders:
Masai Russell (USA) 🏅💎
Tobi Amusan (NGR)
Devynne Charlton (BAH)
Nadine Visser (NED)
Alaysha Johnson (USA)
Pia Skrzyszowska (POL)
Megan Simmonds (JAM)
Rayniah Jones (USA)

World lead: 12.09 Masai Russell (USA) Zurich, 27 Aug
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World document: 12.09 Masai Russell (USA) Zurich, 27 Aug 2026
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• Olympic champion Masai Russell arrives unbeaten in 2026 after breaking the world document and profitable her first Diamond League title
• Former world record-holder Tobi Amusan is the second-fastest girl on the earth this 12 months with 12.23
• Devynne Charlton pushed Russell in Brussels, whereas Nadine Visser arrives as European champion

Masai Russell has spent 2026 wanting more and more unbeatable. Now Budapest provides the Olympic champion one other likelihood so as to add a serious title to a season that has already included a world document and a primary Diamond League crown.

Russell had threatened Tobi Amusan’s world document a number of instances earlier within the 12 months, getting inside 0.02 with 12.14 in Xiamen, earlier than lastly breaking it in Zurich on the finish of August. Her 12.09 took 0.03 off Amusan’s four-year-old mark.

9 days later, she underlined her supremacy by profitable the Diamond League Closing in Brussels in a gathering document of 12.20. Nonetheless unbeaten over the limitations this 12 months, Russell will begin because the clear favorite in Budapest – the place she has already gained this season, clocking 12.33 on the Gyulai Memorial in July.

Amusan stays maybe the obvious risk. The 2022 world champion responded to Russell’s record-breaking run in Zurich with a season’s better of 12.23 – the second-fastest wind-legal efficiency of her life – making her the second-fastest girl on the earth this 12 months.

Devynne Charlton can be arriving in kind. The Bahamian gained the Commonwealth title in Glasgow after which completed second to Russell in Brussels in a nationwide document of 12.33, having led by means of a lot of the race.

Europe’s main problem is headed by Nadine Visser. The Dutch hurdler gained the European title in Birmingham final month, edging Pia Skrzyszowska, after which improved to 12.34 behind Russell and Amusan in Zurich.

Alaysha Johnson has additionally run 12.38 this season, whereas Megan Simmonds confirmed well timed kind with 12.43 for third on the Diamond League Closing.

However all eyes will inevitably be on Russell. Having already taken the occasion into 12.0 territory, the query in Budapest could also be not solely whether or not anybody can beat her, however simply how a lot sooner she will go.

Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics

Title key: 🏅 Olympic champion, 🌍 world champion, 💎 Diamond League champion