World Athletics Championships: Nigeria’s Amusan obliterates women’s 100m hurdles record, takes gold in just 12.06 seconds
- Tobi Amusan becomes first Nigerian athlete to win gold at a world championships
- Jamaica’s Britany Anderson takes silver, with Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico third
Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday, obliterating the world record twice in the process.
Amusan, who set a world record in an astonishing semi-final where she clocked 12.12sec, powered over the line at Hayward Field in 12.06sec.
Her winning time did not set a new mark, however, because of a strong following win of 2.5 metres per second.
Jamaica’s Britany Anderson took silver in 12.23sec, while Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico claimed bronze in 12.23.
Amusan had produced a jaw-dropping world record in the semi-finals, smashing the previous best mark of 12.20secs held by Keni Harrison of the United States since 2016.
Harrison had been left in Amusan’s slipstream in the semi, and was again shown a clean pair of heels by the Nigerian in the final.
