Cyrena Samba-Mayela won the 100m hurdles gold at the Roma European Athletics Championships

Cyrena Samba-Mayela (France) won the 100m hurdles gold at the Roma European Athletics Championships. The French athlete won with a time of 12.31 sec, which improved by seven hundredths the record of the European championships, set by the Yordanka Donkova in Stuttgart in 1988. She also sliced 0.21 off her personal best and grabbed the world lead in the process.

“I have never felt so alive, that is amazing. Like it is part of the plan. I am so happy to see that everything is functioning. By the grace of God I am able to do what I am doing right now. The atmosphere here is so cool”, said Cyrena Samba-Mayela afrer the victory. “Everybody is screaming and enjoying and I am enjoying it, too. I am just taking the vibrations. It is like fuel for me. Of course, I am looking forward to Paris. It will be the best for me. I am walking on a positive path, it is more and more encouraging”, added she.

Ditaji Kambundji (Switzerland) finished second with 12.40 sec, and Pia Skrzyszowska (Poland) took the bronze with 12.42 sec.