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Athletics: Kipyegon, Ta Lou & Duguma clinch titles at inaugural ATHLOS NYC meet

Athletics: Kipyegon, Ta Lou & Duguma clinch titles at inaugural ATHLOS NYC meet

African athletics stars Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), Marie Josee Ta Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast) and Tsige Duguma (Ethiopia) all emerged as winners of their respective events at the inaugural all-female ATHLOS meet in New York on Thursday. The athletics meet, which was organised by Serena William’s husband, Alexis Ohanian, was held at the 5,000-capacity Icahn Stadium with the sole purpose of shining the light on women athletes across...

Paris 2024: Shocker as Tobi Amusan fails to make women’s 100m hurdles final

Nigeria’s biggest hope of a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Tobi Amusan, failed to make the final of the women’s 100m hurdles final after finishing third in Heat 1 of the semifinals earlier today. The 27-year-old world record holder, who didn’t enjoy the best of starts, ran a time of 12.55s to finish behind American Grace Stark (12.39s) and Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas, who...

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan races into women’s 100m hurdles semifinals

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan races into women’s 100m hurdles semifinals

World record holder Tobi Amusan sealed a spot in the semifinals of the women’s 100-metre hurdles in the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. Amusan qualified for the next round by finishing first in Heat 1 in a time of 12.49 seconds, ahead of America’s Alaysha Johnson, who clocked a time of 12.61s and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown in 12.84s. The world record-holder is safely through to the...

World Athletics Championships: Amusan loses world title in 100m hurdles final

World Athletics Championships: Amusan loses world title in 100m hurdles final

World record holder Tobi Amusan failed to defend her world title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships after finishing sixth in the women's 100m hurdles final late on Thursday.  Amusan failed to secure a podium finish as she could only settle for sixth place, clocking 12.62 seconds, as Jamaican sprinter Danielle Williams shocked the whole athletics world to claim the gold medal in the much-anticipated women’s...