Maxwell makes it happen for 100m win at U20 worlds
Mia Maxwell of the U.S. became the first American woman to win the 100m at the World Athletics U20 Championships in a decade, crossing the finish line in 11.14 seconds in Eugene, Oregon.
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It's the 100 meter final.
It's the women.
Couple of Germans, they book-end it.
Gorecka goes from lane number one, the 18-year-old.
Emma Gorecka.
Buri's been outstanding.
She's a fast finisher, the Swiss.
It's a young final.
There's not a 19-year-old in this final.
All 18 and under.
Terolongaa, the first of the Jamaicans, and not without a big medal hope.
She's been impressive.
11.21 twice she's run.
She was the fastest in the heats.
Douala Edimo, this extraordinary 16-year-old, European under 20 champion last year and under 18 champion this year.
Kelly Douala Edimo.
Well, Jamaica's got their Clayton twins and the United States have got their Maxwell twins, haven't they?
It's Mia here, who won the American championship on this track in 11.08.
If she runs that tonight, she's a massive chance.
She's been the fastest through the rounds.
The only woman to have broken 11 seconds in the field.
Jamaica's won the last four of these.
Can they make it five consecutive with Douglas?
Mariah Maxwell, the twin.
A minute difference between the two of them at birth.
I wonder what the difference might be tonight.
Emanuel, who really staked a claim, didn't she, in the heat?
Think Julian Alfred, those colors in Paris.
St. Lucia.
And then the second of the Germans, Anna Kele.
She might be the first of the Germans.
She goes in lane number nine.
Big, big breath.
Douglas came in as favorite.
I think at the moment it's Mia Maxwell and Douglas that are probably equal favorites, in front of Mariah and Terolongaa.
And there won't be much in it.
Can they run inside 11?
Only Tina Clayton's done it in a final of the world under 20s.
Almost set.
Set.
Away.
Douglas got out okay.
Mia beat her out though.
Douala's right there early.
It's Mia in front.
Douglas going up to her.
Mia's holding her though at the moment.
Mia just in front.
Douglas comes and I Mia's won it.
Mia's beaten Douglas in an absolute thriller.
So the twins keep on winning, whether Jamaican or you're an American.
What a final it was.
It was a showdown, an absolute showdown between the two favorites.
And the 16-year-old, yep, the 16-year-old gets the bronze.
Not one, Rob, but three stars here tonight in that final.
That was a brilliant, brilliant race.
Mia Maxwell thoroughly deserved that.
Douglas was coming.
She was closing.
She showed her prowess and her strength over 200, but she couldn't quite get on level terms with Mia Maxwell, who just doesn't know how to lose here in Eugene.
And Kelly Douala, the European under 20 champion, the European under 18 champion, is the world under 20 bronze medalist in an event where she'll still be eligible to compete in the next edition in two years' time.
Brilliant for Douala to pick up the bronze.
Absolutely.
Maxwell just got that edge on Douglas, didn't she, Rosie, early?
It was just the winning move.
She was out of the blocks a bit quicker.
She knows this track oh so well.
She won the championship here.
These are high school kids from Texas.
And look at Bigfoot here.
Yeah.
Well, we all feel like a chicken dinner right now, don't we?
I'd love a chicken dinner.
These are high school kids from Texas.
She's a great triple jumper, by the way.
What a family they are.
Let's have another look.
She just established a little break over Douglas early, didn't she?
She really did, and I think that is, that is where Douglas was defeated.
She Douglas came back really well, actually.
I've gotta say, Douala Edimo got out so, so well and she didn't relinquish as quickly as I thought she would.
It really took a lot for Mia Maxwell to get herself ahead.
You can see here, she's still in the battle, still there, and now Maxwell just starts to get a meter or so on her, if that really.
But Mia Maxwell, virtually a flawless race.
I'm sure her coach will go over her at some point and say, "Hey, let's improve X, Y, Z," but for now she is on top of the world.
She forced, Rob, she forced Douglas into the lean position quite early.
So Douglas started to lean quite early.
She was so desperate to get up alongside of her.
When we looked at that replay, you saw Douglas going for the line because Mia had that little half a stride up on her.
Douglas, I think, has another chance in the 200, but tonight was destined to belong to Mia Maxwell.
She had the crucial advantage, and it was just too much for Douglas' strength to bring her back to her on the line.
It wasn't incredibly quick, but it was memorable.
It absolutely was.
Mia Maxwell over Shanoya Douglas and Kelly Douala Edimo.
