Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan earned her first major victory of the 2025 Athletics season, winning the women’s 100-metre hurdles event at the Rabat Diamond League meet in Morocco on Sunday, Afrosport reports. Amusan ran a season’s best time of 12.24 seconds, finishing ahead of Nadine Visser (12.67s) of the Netherlands and Poland’s Pia Skrzyszowska, who finished third in 12.69s. The world record holder also set a new...
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...
World record holder Tobi Amusan believes she can achieve a podium finish at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after reaching the semi-finals in the women's 100m hurdles event, Afrosport reports. Amusan topped her Heat in a time of 12.49 seconds, ahead of America's Alaysha Johnson (12.61 seconds), and Jamaica's Janeek Brown (12.84 seconds). In an interview posted by Making of Champions on X, the Ogun State-born...
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...
The Paris 2024 Olympics officially got underway on Friday, with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, declaring the event open. The parade of nations took place outside a stadium for the first time, with boats carrying athletes through the centre of Paris on the infamous River Seine. French flag bearers Florent Manaudou and Mélina Robert-Michon took the Olympic Oath on behalf of all Paris 2024 athletes,...
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