Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, in the early hours of Monday (Sunday in Oregon), won the women’s 100m hurdles gold at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Earlier in the semi-finals, she had created a 12.12s world record time. To win the finals gold medal, she ran a better time of 12.06s but her 12.06s in the final wasn’t recognised as a world record owing to the over 2m/s wind speed.
This makes Amusan the first Nigerian to win gold in the history of the World Athletics Championships.
Nigeria had won a total of nine medals, comprising four silver and five bronze before Amusan ‘s new gold medal.
Three years ago, Amusan finished fourth in Doha, Qatar.
She had earlier taken eight hundredths of a second off American Keni Harrison‘s world record from 2016. Amusan’s previous personal best before the semi-final was 12.40, set in the first round on Saturday in Oregon.
