{"id":18323,"date":"2025-09-17T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=18323"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:11:24","slug":"the-unstoppable-rise-of-cordell-tinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/the-unstoppable-rise-of-cordell-tinch\/","title":{"rendered":"The unstoppable rise of Cordell Tinch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When Cordell Tinch crossed the finish line to win World Championships gold on Tuesday, it was the final flourish in a long and complicated road to the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tinch sailed down the track to the world title in Tokyo, coming in a clear stride or two ahead of runner-up Orlando Bennet and clocking his fifth sub-13-second time of the season with 12.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet as easy as his World Championship triumph win looked, the journey there has been one of setbacks, stormy seas and sheer determination for the 25-year-old American. <\/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\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F6sAlxs7uNbM%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tinch grabs 110m hurdles global title with 12.99 | World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6sAlxs7uNbM?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\n\n\n<p>Tinch&#8217;s talent was never in doubt, but in 2020, he took a three-year break from elite sport, saying later that he was &#8220;not a very happy person&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his time away from the track, Tinch worked odd jobs to get by, including as a cellphone salesman and in a toilet-paper factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After returning to track in late December 2022, the Green Bay-born star faced a long, arduous climb to the top of his discipline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three years later, in 2025, he finally made it. &#8220;Coming into this year I carried myself a different way, and I think it&#8217;s shown both on and off the track. In order to compete with the best athletes in the world, you have to treat yourself as one of them,&#8221; he said ahead of the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich in August.<\/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\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FbPnWirS1Xwo%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cordell Tinch lands early blow in Xiamen 110m hurdles - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bPnWirS1Xwo?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\n\n\n<p>In the 2025 Diamond League campaign, Tinch wasn&#8217;t just one of the best. 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