Julius OkorieNigeria’s medal hopeful and world record 100m Hurdles holder, Tobi Amusan, will not be part of the 100m Hurdles final on Saturday after she finished the semifinal heat at 12.55s.
Amusan who delivered a good finish to qualify for the semifinal finished third in her heat qualifying with a small q’ dependent on the outcome of other runners in heats 2 and 3.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelUnfortunately, other runners who could not make the top three posted better timing in heat 2 and 3, crashing Amusan’s chance of still making the cut via repechage or second chance.
America’s Grace Stark, who won heat 1, posted a time of 12.39s, while second placed Bahamian Devynne Charlton finished in a time of 12.50s
Others runners who have booked their automatic final slot are Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12.35), Masai Russell (12.42), Ackera Nugent,
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Jamaican (12.44), Alaysha Johnson 12.34 and Nadine Visse 12.43.
Despite her non qualification, optimistic Nigerians are still praying and hoping that a miracle happens and she makes the final list somehow.
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Apparently not ready to believe it, an X user Sir Murphy™ @SirMurphy164479 said What’s the problem? She will make it to the final by the Grace of God. The only medal hopefully we get now. God no go shame us.”
sekoni mike @MikeSekoni however took it in good fate saying, “She didn’t qualify for the final. Very unfortunate.”
Terfa Tilley-Gyado @TerfaTG said in apparent reaction to entire performance by Nigerian team.”In an ideal world, every member of the Nigerian Olympic Committee would turn in their resignation letters tomorrow. This has been shambolic from start to finish.”
For Captain MD🌍@LovedCarefully, the pressure on Tobi Amusan is just too much. Hear him, PRESSURE TI POJU on top the little girl. She can’t carry the weight of 200m people on her shoulders. Sorry, Nigerians and Tinubu should find their joy and “Renewed Hope” elsewhere. 😀”
KIA🇳🇴@kfra_88 however proffers a solution saying, “Nigeria should do this1. Boycott the next 4 Olympics2. Train 4 year-old kids Athletics 3. In 16 years they’ll be 20-years-old, good to go to the Olympics and win Nigeria gold medals.🥇”
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
