Olympic Champions Masai Russell and Quincy Hall react as Quincy Wilson's runs 2-fastest 600m race in US High school history

Masai Russell recently reacted to Quincy Wilson's stellar race in a 600m race as the latter attained an incredible win. Wilson proved his billing as a formidable athlete in his first race of the new season, clocked a time of 1:17.19 in the event.

At the US Marine Corps Holiday Classic, the 16-year-old shot to second place on the the all-time fastest list with his personal best and came close the setting a new meet record. This performance caught the eye of Olympic champion Masai Russell who took to Instagram stories to praise Wilson. Sharing a video of Wilson's race, she added emojis on her story:

"🤝🤝🤝"

Masai Russel's Instagram story (Instagram@masai_russell)

She also commented under the original post, her comment reading:

"That's my dawg🤝🔥 "

Russell's comment on Instagram - (Instagram@runnerspace)

Gold medalist in the men's 400m at the Paris Olympics, Quincy Hall, also shared a video of the 16-year-old's performance on his Instagram story and lauded him. Hall wrote:

"💃💃 Yuh Q"

Quincy Hall's Instagram story (@dogg8bg)

Russell is currently training for the upcoming track season after having an eventful run in 2024. At the Paris Olympics, she won her first Olympic gold medal in the 100m hurdles, clocking a time of 12.33s, besting Cyrena Samba Mayela and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who claimed second and third place, respectively.

Following this, she competed in the 100m hurdles at the Athos NYC meet, where she ended up in the third position.

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Masai Russell opened up about overcoming challenges in 2024

Diamond League Silesia. 2024 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial. - Source: Getty

After concluding her 2024 season, Masai Russell was named the Breakthrough Performer Wing by the Greater Orlando Sports Commission on December 7, 2024. At the award ceremony, she gave a speech in which she opened up about overcoming the challenges she faced during the World Championships and then becoming the Olympic champion.

Along with this, she also spoke about her mindset coming into the 2024 track season. Russell said,

"This year was super, super hard for me. If you guys heard me speak, do interviews or anything like that. Like this year was very, very tough for me. I failed to make the final in Budapest. I crashed into the hurdle, which, ultimately made me not qualify for the final."

She added:

"So, you know, I came in to this year with a different mindset, and I told myself it was going to be different. And I told myself also, I was not going to wait another four years and regret not doing what I needed to do on that day of the Olympic final and not get the job done. So I got out there. I did my thing. It's still so crazy just saying that I'm an Olympic champion. It's such a blessing, still such an honor. And it just made me even more hungry. I'm excited. I'm excited for the future. Like I said, I'm not even in my prime yet, so it's really just the beginning."

Masai Russell will commence her 2025 season by competing at the Athlos NYC in September 2024.