Just Kwaou-Mathey Wins 110m Hurdles Silver in Birmingham

Overview

• Kwaou-Mathey finished second in the 110 m hurdles in Birmingham on Wednesday with a season-best 13.16, four hundredths of a second behind Swiss winner Jason Joseph, who ran 13.12.
• Poland's Jakub Szymanski took bronze in 13.26, and several finalists recorded their best times of the season in the race.
• The silver caps a comeback after Kwaou-Mathey injured himself in March by catching his feet in a suitcase and underwent platelet-rich plasma treatment in April, forcing a delayed return to competition in June.
• The result upgrades Kwaou-Mathey's European record from the 2022 bronze in Munich and adds to France's medal total at Euro‑2026, boosting his momentum and selection prospects going into the rest of the season.
• Kwaou-Mathey still sits off his personal best of 12.99, and commentators noted the overall European hurdles depth this summer has been unusually low, a context that helped produce several season-best performances in Birmingham.