Tag: Tobi Amusan

Tobi Amusan Sets World Leading Record In 100m Hurdles

Ganiyu Amodu

Tobi Amusan ran a world-leading 12.40 seconds (0.9m/s) to win the 100m hurdles at Saturday’s inaugural Jamaica Athletics Invitational in Kingston. The world record holder claimed the win ahead of Danielle Williams, the world champion who ran a season’s best 12.46 seconds, and American Christina Clemons who was third with 12.54 seconds. The Nigerian has now taken over the world lead from American Tonea Marshall who had run 12.42 seconds in late April. Amusan’s latest win comes two months before the Paris 2024 Olympics. John Enoh, the minister of sports…

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Tobi Amusan Breaks African 60m Hurdles Indoor Record

Ganiyu Amodu

Tobi Amusan has added the African indoor record to her rich collection of track and field records after the 26-year-old broke Glory Alozie’s 7.82 best at the opening leg of the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Saturday. The reigning world 100m hurdles record holder at 12.12 first showed flashes of what is to come after storming home in her semifinal heat in 7.91 seconds. She improved to 7.77 seconds to win the event ahead of 2019 World outdoor champion Nia Ali (7.89) and Irish girl,…

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AMAZON AMUSAN: TALE OF TOBI, A RECORD-TRASHER IN TEARS, BY ADEOLA YUSUF

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ FULL VIDEO of the moments the champion shed tears uncontrollably   “Nigeria, the proud African nation, are on top of the World tonight,” the commentator declares. And, then the National Anthem! ARISE, O COMPATRIOTS (from Tobi, tears immediately begin to flow) NIGERIA’S CALL OBEY (she sobs, unwittingly but slowly lifts her left hand to veil the tears, good thing, she manages to wipe some, hide some) TO SERVE OUR FATHER’S LAND (she tries hard to adorn a strong-face on a face already messed up by tears) WITH LOVE AND…

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Buhari to Amusan: You Made Millions of Nigerians Shed Tears of Joy

Scott Matthew

“Millions of Nigerians are in tears of Joy. Thank you for everything”   Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of Nigerians celebrating sensational track queen, Tobi Amusa, for winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold for Nigeria at the World Athletics Championship 2022, setting a new world record in the semifinals of the athletic event and becoming the first Nigerian to win a World Championship. The obviously elated President, who conveyed his sentiments through presidential spokesman, Femi Adisina in a statement on Monday, said it was it was a great thing…

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JUST IN: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan Breaks Women 100m Hurdles’ Record

Abibat Babalola

World 100m hurdles record holder, 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. And she did it by going faster than the 12.12s world record time she ran in the semi-finals, but her 12.06s in the final wasn’t recognised as a world record owing to the over 2m/s wind speed. Amusan had blitzed to a world record 12.12s in the semi-finals but obliterated that mark with a superb 12.06s to become the first…

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