Jamaica’s medal tally at the 2025 World Athletics Championships climbed again on Tuesday as Orlando Bennett and Tyler Mason stormed to the podium in the men’s 110m hurdles final at Japan’s National Stadium.
The pair’s brilliance ensured Jamaica left the short sprint hurdles with two medals, while Demario Prince, heartbreakingly, missed a spot in the title race by just two-thousandths of a second.
Bennett’s lifetime best, Mason’s grit
In a showdown against the world’s best, Bennett produced the race of his career, clocking a lifetime best of 13.08 seconds to secure silver. Just behind him, Mason—who had already matched his personal best in the semi-final over an hour earlier—repeated the mark with 13.12 seconds to seize bronze.
The gold went to America’s Cordell Tinch, the season’s most consistent hurdler, who broke the 13-second barrier once again with 12.99 seconds.
Prince’s agonizing miss
For Prince, the day was bittersweet. He ran 13.22 seconds in the semi-final, the exact time as Italy’s Lorenzo Simonelli, but fell short of advancing by the narrowest of margins. The two fastest non-automatic qualifiers emerged from the third semi-final—Ja’Kobe Tharp of the United States (13.19) and France’s Just Kwaou-Mathey, whose identical 13.22 was measured as two-thousandths of a second faster than Prince.
That fraction left Prince as the odd man out, despite his valiant effort.
Medals mounting for Jamaica
With Bennett and Mason adding silver and bronze, Jamaica’s overall medal haul at these Championships now stands at five—one gold, three silvers, and one bronze. The result reinforces the island’s dominance not just in flat sprints, but also in the high-stakes hurdles arena.
