Julius OkorieShe may have failed to qualify for the final of women 100m Hurdles in Paris.
She may have been heartbroken for missing the mark after running 12.55s in the semifinals to bow out, but Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan remains the woman to beat in the 100m Hurdles.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelHer 12.12s set at the world Athletics Championship in 2022 in Eugene, Oregon, United States remains intact even after America’s Masai Russell won the race on Saturday to claim Gold in a time of 12.33s.
Russell clocked 12.33 seconds as French President Emmanuel Macron watched from the stands
Home girl, Cyréna Samba-Mayela, finished in the second position with a time of 12.34 missing gold by the whiskers. The marginal miss explained why the 23-year-old French woman cried her eyes out despite winning Silver for her effort.
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Perto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn claimed the Bronze in a time of 12.36.
Safe to say the trio may have risen to the occasion to shine in Paris but Nigeria’s star girl, Tobi Amusan, will retain her record, who knows, nobody may break it before the next Olympics in 2028.
Amusan is the current Commonwealth and African champion in the 100m hurdles, as well as the meet record holder in those two competitions.
Amusan became the first ever Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Championships 10m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds (+0.9 m/s) in the semi-final, followed up by a 12.06 seconds (+2.5 m/s) in the final.
She won back-to-back Commonwealth and African titles in 2018 and 2022 in the 100m hurdles and is also a two-time African Games champion in the event.
She is also the current Diamond league champion in the 100 metres hurdles having won the final in 12.33 seconds (+1.8 m/s), the time which Russel incidentally ran to clinch gold in Paris Saturday evening. She achieved a winning streak in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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.
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