This is the first podium for the French team since the start of the World Championships on Friday.
Samba-Mayela (21) won in 7 sec 78, a new French record, ahead of the Bahamian Devynne Charlton (7 sec 81) and the American Gabriele Cunningham (7 sec 87).
Samba-Mayela (21), one of the greatest hopes of French athletics, won his first international medal.
The protege of Teddy Tamgho thus confirms at the highest level a potential glimpsed in the youth categories.
The native of Champigny-sur-Marne was indeed vice-world champion among the cadets in 2017 and silver medalist at the Euro juniors in 2021 in the 100m hurdles.
It gives a little balm to the heart to a discipline in the midst of a crisis in France and which has been accumulating poor results for two years (2 medals at the Doha Worlds in 2019, 1 medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021).
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