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title: "Mia Maxwell powers to victory in the women's 100m in Eugene; 11.14 seconds; beat favourite Douglas by 0.03s"
sdDatePublished: "2026-08-07T13:14:00Z"
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  - "Texas"
  - "Oregon"
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  - "Jamaica"
  - "Switzerland"
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Mia Maxwell powers to victory in the women's 100m in Eugene; 11.14 seconds; beat favourite Douglas by 0.03s

World Athletics U20 Championships 2026: Mia Maxwell powers to victory in the women's 100m in Eugene

World Athletics U20 Championships 2026: Mia Maxwell powers to victory in the women's 100m in Eugene

The 18-year-old from Texas put the world on notice, clocking 11.14 seconds to beat favourite Shanoya Douglas of Jamaica.

Red, white, blue and gold. Those were the colours donned by Mia Maxwell in the women's 100m final at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Thursday (6 August).

Streaking out the blocks faster than any of the other seven finalists at Hayward Field, including her twin sister Mariah , Maxwell held off Jamaican rival Shanoya Douglas and powered to the finish in a time of 11.14 seconds.

"As soon as I got out of the blocks, I knew the race was mine," she told the press. "I continued to execute and run through the line like I have been in practice."

While Douglas ate up the gap in the closing metres, attempting to reverse the effects of a slightly slower acceleration phase, she was not able to catch Team USA's golden girl, crossing the line in 11.17.

"I made a couple of mistakes," Douglas admitted after the race. "I'm still learning. I'm still very much young. I have a lot more in me and a long way to go."

Asked if there was one specific area she held the edge over Douglas in the final, Maxwell responded: "I knew that my start was really, really strong, and I knew that I needed to execute through 30m as me and my coach have been working on."

With both athletes expected to re-ignite their budding rivalry in the women's 200m final on Saturday (8 August), there will be no shortage of intrigue at Hayward Field, even if the two have remained good friends off the track.

"We talked after the race," Maxwell told reporters. "It's all love at the end of the day.

"This sport is really competitive, so there's going to be a little bit of competitiveness going through the rounds, going through the warm-up and things like that, but we're all family at the end of the day."

Of course, no family would be complete without a bronze medallist – a role filled by 2026 European U18 100m champion Kelly Doualla Edimo of Italy on this occasion, as she crossed the finish line in 11.27.

"I didn't think I had got third in the race," she told reporters. "I originally thought I placed fourth, so it was very exciting to see that I had placed third. I was so happy.

"Without the support from my teammates, I do not think I would have got in the head space to have performed like I did.

"They are very important to my performance and their support means so much to me. They are the best."

Switzerland's Xenia Buri was first to miss the podium, finishing fourth in 11.33, followed by Mariah Maxwell in 11.35.

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