Imagine you’ve been waiting for a particular race to happen for a long time, only to watch your favorite nearly topple in the semis itself. Nerve-wracking, right? Well, the World Indoors women’s 60m hurdles was no different. Shortly before the finals field was even up and running, Jamaican star Ackera Nugent had nearly faltered in the semis. But today, fast forward to a few days, and she’s being hailed! Yes, a track and field veteran from America just patted her on the back.
On the latest episode March 27 version of the Ready Set Go Podcast, Jamaican veteran Rodney Green mentioned, “Shout out to the silver medalist Cam Bungie and man to the amazing Ackera Nugent. Did you see how she destroyed that last hurdle and still managed to come through?” That’s when Justin Gatlin, the American track and field veteran replied, “Bro I didn’t even get a chance to even see the race in real time before. I saw all the photos and I mean she annihilated that hurdle bro she destroyed it literally…”
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