The Nigerian hurdles sensation, Tobi Amusan, claimed victory within the ladies’s 100m hurdles on the African Video games in Ghana on Wednesday with a powerful time of 12.89 seconds.
Amusan encountered a false-start scare in the course of the preliminary race try, which may have led to her disqualification.
Nonetheless, the officers determined to go simple on her and issued her a yellow card as an alternative.
With that victory, she secured her third consecutive African Video games championship.
Amusan emerged victorious over Sidonie Fiadanantsoa of Madagascar, who completed in second place with a time of 13.19 seconds.
Religion Osamuyi from Nigeria narrowly missed securing a spot on the rostrum, ending in 4th place with a time of 13.77 seconds.
Amusan holds the present world file within the 100m hurdles, clocking a powerful time of 12.12 seconds.
She achieved this feat in the course of the semi-final of the ladies’s 100m hurdles in Eugene, Oregon, in 2022.
She holds titles and data within the 100m hurdles, each on the Commonwealth and African ranges.
Amusan made historical past as the primary Nigerian to turn out to be a world champion and world file holder in athletics.
She secured the gold medal within the 100m hurdles on the 2022 World Championships, setting the world file of 12.12 seconds (+0.9m/s) within the semi-final.
She continued her excellent efficiency with a time of 12.06 seconds (+2.5m/s) within the ultimate.
She received back-to-back Commonwealth and African titles in 2018 and 2022 within the 100m hurdles and can be now a three-time African Video games champion in the occasion.
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