Tobi Amusan has won the gold medal of the women’s 100m hurdles event at the ongoing African Games 2023 in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
The triumph makes it the third consecutive time that Amusan would be clinching a gold medal in the event at the competition.
The former world athletic champion clocked a time of 12.89 seconds to retain her title.
Amusan went into the race as the absolute favourite, but beat the gun after going into the blocks for the first time due to the noise of the crowd in the stadium. She got a yellow card and lined up again.
The gun went off for the second time, but this time, she nailed the start, flying to an easy win.
Nigeria’s other athlete in the final, Faith Osamuyi narrowly missed out on a podium finish as she ran 13.77 seconds to finish in fourth place.
Amusan then shifted attention to the women’s 4x100m and anchored the Nigerian team to gold in a time of 43.06 seconds.
She ran alongside Justina Eyakpobeyan, Olajide Olayinka and Fore Abinusawa to win the gold medal.
