As the Track & Field World Championships draws to a close with just three days of competition left, a decorated former CIAA athlete representing Jamaica is going home with a gold medal.
Former Johnson C. Smith sprinter Danielle Williams won a close 100m hurdles final with a time of 12.43 to claim the world championship.
She finished a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.
This is Williams’ second world championship win (the first was in 2015) and her third podium finish, previously winning the bronze medal in 2019.
INCREDIBLE!
8 years after winning the world championship title in the 100m hurdles, Jamaican Danielle Williams is victorious on the world stage once again!
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“When I won in 2015 it was unbelievable,” said Williams after her world championship win. “But this took a lot of hard work, a lot of years of toil and injuries, and losing my confidence and battling to get back to this stage. It’s awesome, Jamaica is a proud country and we love to win. I love to win.”
The former Golden Bulls athlete has been a winner for a long time, dating back to her days at Johnson C. Smith.
There, she claimed 13 CIAA championships, nine NCAA titles, 13 All-American selections, and was named USTFCCCA National Women’s Track Athlete of the Year three times.
She was inducted into the NCAA Division II Athlete Hall of Fame in 2020.
