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It wasn't long ago that Cordell Tinch was selling cell phones and operating machinery that manufactured toilet paper back home in Green Bay. Today, he's a world-champion hurdler.

Tinch, a Bay Port High School graduate, won the 110-meter hurdles in 12.99 seconds Sept. 16 at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

He finished ahead of Jamaica's Orlando Bennett and Tyler Mason, who took silver and bronze.

Tinch, who once was AAU basketball teammates with future NBA star Tyrese Haliburton , set a state record in the triple jump during the WIAA state track and field meet as a junior in 2017 and threatened the state mark in winning the long jump, alongside second-place finishes in the 110 hurdles. He wasn't able to compete in the 2018 st

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