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#BudaQuest | Nugent, Williams advance to 100m hurdles final

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2023 | 2:44 PM
Jamaica's Ackera Nugent reached her first World Championships final after placing second in semi-final two of the women's 100-metre hurdles in 12.60 seconds in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday.
Gladstone Taylor
Jamaica's Ackera Nugent reached her first World Championships final after placing second in semi-final two of the women's 100-metre hurdles in 12.60 seconds in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday.

Jamaica's World Championships debutant Ackera Nugent and former champion Danielle Williams qualified for the final of the women's 100-metre hurdles in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday.

Nugent qualified automatically after placing second in semi-final two in 12.60 seconds. The semi-final was won in 12.56 by world record holder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria.

Williams advanced as one of the fastest losers after placing third in semi-final three in 12.50. That semi-final was won by Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn in 12.41.

Megan Tapper (12.55) placed fourth in semi-final one and failed to advance. The fastest qualifier for the final was American Kendra Harrison who won semi-final one in 12.33.

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