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Masai Russell rocks all-grey tracksuit in mirror selfie as she grinds in gym on Christmas Eve

Modified Dec 25, 2024 15:12 GMT

American track athlete Masai Russell recently shared glimpses of her Christmas training session. The 23-year-old hinted at resuming preparations for the new season just a few weeks ago.

Russell also earlier shared her plans to start her season at the 2025 Millrose Games which will be held on February 8. With the event just a couple of months away, the 100m hurdler hit the gym on Christmas Eve.

She shared a photo of her gym session on her Instagram story. In the photo, Russell can be seen donning a grey hoodie and track pants, complementing it with brownish shoes.

"Christmas Eve grind" Russell's text overlay read.

Screenshot of Russell's Instagram story featuring her training session (Image via: Russell Instagram)

Russell has tasted notable success in her first elite year in the discipline. Besides her Olympic and US Championships victories, the Washington native was also recently named the USATF's Breakthrough Athlete of 2024.

Masai Russell comments on her off-track opportunities after the 2024 Paris Games

Russell before the round 1 (heats 3) of her Women's 100m hurdles event during the 2024 Paris Olympics (Image via: Getty Images)

Masai Russell recently shed light on the opportunities she received after tasting success at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. She won the 100m hurdles event during the competition.

In an interview with Citius Mag, Russell stated that attending the Boston Celtics game against the Toronto Raptors was one of the 'coolest' opportunities she received after the 2024 Olympics. The 24-year-old also mentioned attending the Baltimore Ravens game and being present at The White House as her other notable opportunities. She said:

"The coolest one probably to me has to be definitely the courtside at the Celtics game. I was right next to the check-in box like the head coach just walking right past me all the players coming in so that was really cool and then going to the Ravens game like the fans and the crowd they just showed so much love. I mean the White House is really cool even though that was just like individualized." (at 1:22)

During the interview, Masai Russell also shared her love for indoor events and stated that she is going to compete in these events in the coming season. She ran the 60m hurdles in the 2024 World Indoor Championships and failed to clinch a podium finish after coming fourth in 7.81 seconds.