"Cordell Tinch took the long road to becoming a world-class athlete but capped a superb second season as a professional by winning the 110m hurdles at the world championships on another sweltering Tokyo night on Tuesday. The 25-year-old American was all control and pace as he blazed over the 10 hurdles and held off the fast finishers in the run-in to claim the title in 12.99 seconds."
"Tinch could not have imagined it would be him in late 2022 when he was a cellphone salesman in his home town Green Bay, having given up first a college football scholarship and then a shot at Division I athletics due to a combination of burnout and academic issues. During his three-year break from the track he also installed cable and worked in a toilet paper factory. I don't think that I make it to where I am now if I don't ever take that break to find myself, Tinch said before the world championships."
Cordell Tinch won the 110m hurdles world championship in Tokyo, finishing in 12.99 seconds. Orlando Bennett took silver in a personal best 13.08, while Tyler Mason earned bronze in 13.12, matching his best. Tinch stepped away from elite sport for three years, worked as a cellphone salesman, installed cable and in a toilet paper factory, and returned to track at Pitt State in 2023. He turned professional last year but missed the Paris Olympic team after mid-season surgery and a narrow loss at US trials despite a time that would have medalled in Paris. Tinch dominated this season, running 12.87 in Shanghai to become joint-fourth fastest ever, while Grant Holloway's six-year world reign ended with a semi-final exit.
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