Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan made history by winning gold medal in the Women’s 100m Hurdles on the final day of 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States of America, reports PlayPlay.ng.
Amusan is the first African and Nigerian to achieve feat.
The Nigerian girl crossed the line with a scorching 12.06s (+2.5m/s) which would have been her second World Record (WR) of the evening but for the excess wind.
Jamaican Britany Anderson came second in
12.23s, while Olympic Champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn settled for Bronze with the same time.
Breaks world record (12.12) in the semis ✔️
Storms to world 100m hurdles title in the final ✔️Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 is on another planet 🪐#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/3hf37HAvEp
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 25, 2022
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Gloria Alozie was the first Nigerian to win a medal in the 100m Hurdles at the World Championships.
Alozie achieved the feat in Sevilla, Spain in 1999.
Also, Ese Brume claimed Silver medal in the women’s Long Jump.
Brume produced a huge 7.02m, her biggest jump of the year to come second in the event.
By Adeboye Amosu
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