Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on Tuesday won the women’s 100-metre hurdles event at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet in Czech Republic, Afrosport reports.
Having clocked her second fastest time last week at the Paris Diamond League, Amusan ran a time of 12.45 seconds to win the event at Ostrava.
Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 dominates the women’s 100mH at the Ostrava Golden Spike, powering through in a time of 12.45s (1.4)! pic.twitter.com/iZ73ePTrns
— Track & Field Gazette (@TrackGazette) June 24, 2025
The 28-year-old Nigerian was far ahead of her chasing pack, with Slovakia’s Viktoria Foster finishing in second place in 12.74s, while Sarah Lavin of Ireland settled for third with a time of 12.76s, as they both ran their respective season’s bests.
Austria’s Karin Strametz (12.83s), Anna Toth of Hungary (12.76s), Italian Elena Carraro (13.01s), and home favourite Helena Jiranova , who ran 13.27s, all completed the line-up.
Meanwhile, it was an African 1-2 in the women’s 100m event as Liberia’s Thelma Davies and Ivorian Marie Josee Ta Lou-Smith finished in first and second place, respectively.
Davies clocked 10.91s for a new Personal Best and Liberian National Record, while Ta Lou-Smith followed behind in 10.92s in a tightly contested finish.
New Zealander Zoe Hobbs set a National Record and an Oceania Area Record of 10.94s to finish third.
It’s raining records 🌧️🌧️
🇱🇷’s Thelma Davies storms to a 10.91 national record to win the women’s 100m while 🇳🇿’s Zoe Hobbs clocks 10.94 for an Oceania area record in third 🥵
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— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) June 24, 2025
