{"id":7399,"date":"2026-09-03T17:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/?p=7399"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:30:35","slug":"russell-i-want-to-become-a-legend-in-this-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/russell-i-want-to-become-a-legend-in-this-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell: &#8220;I want to become a legend in this sport&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She already has an Olympic title, and on Saturday evening, she could add her first overall victory in the Wanda Diamond League. Russell has won six WDL meetings this season, with times ranging from 12.09 to 12.27. \u201cI\u2019m running really consistent times this season,\u201d Russell beams. \u201cAll the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that 12.09, clocked in Zurich last week, Russell is the new world record holder. \u201cI\u2019m obviously very happy about it, but I\u2019m not done yet. The job\u2019s not done yet. Sport is all about winning titles, starting this Saturday. To be regarded as a legend in the sport, you have to win trophies. And that\u2019s what I want!\u201d, she says without hesitation and full of ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winning trophies and breaking records can, of course, go hand in hand. Does Russell think it\u2019s possible to break the 12-second barrier one day? \u201cOf course. When I set my world record in Zurich, there was hardly any wind. With a favourable tailwind, good temperatures and plenty of energy from the stadium, it should be possible. Lots of things seem impossible\u2026 until they happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who knows, it might happen on Saturday night at the King Baudouin Stadium\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper has-smush-lazyload-video\"><div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FTmx4sZ0vnt8%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2026 Press Conference Highlights Brussels - Wanda Diamond League\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tmx4sZ0vnt8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masai Russell will compete at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme on Saturday evening as the...","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":7360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-7399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brussels-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7443,"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7399\/revisions\/7443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7399"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=7399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}