Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan produced a strong finish to secure a podium spot in the women’s 100 metres hurdles at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland on Saturday, Afrosport reports. The 28-year-old placed third in the final with a time of 12.25 seconds – an improvement of 0.23s from her heat performance, where she had finished fourth. Amusan endured the slowest reaction time off the blocks and...
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan will headline a star-studded line-up in the women's 100-metre hurdles event at the Diamond League in Eugene, Afrosport reports. World record-holder Amusan will be joined by reigning Olympic champion and American record-holder Masai Russell and Diamond League champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn at the 50th edition of the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on Saturday, 5 July. Amusan, who set the world record at Eugene’s Hayward...
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...
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...
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