Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Nigeria: Amusan Boosts Nigeria’s Medal Hopes With 100mh Semifinals Berth

World File holder, Tobi Amusan has raised Nigeria’s hopes of a podium end as she began her Paris Olympic marketing campaign with a powerful victory within the heats of the ladies’s 100m hurdles.

Amusan hardly broke a sweat as she dominated your entire area, working a stable 12.49s regardless of being seeded in lane 9.

Alaysha Johnson was 2nd in 12.61s whereas Janeek Brown positioned third with a time of 12.84s.

That is Amusan’s third consecutive Olympic Video games and her third time making the semifinals.

The 27-year-old athlete has proven spectacular kind main as much as the sports activities occasion. She recorded a season’s finest and world-leading time of 12.40 seconds on the Jamaican Athletics Invitational in Could.

Earlier, she set the African indoor document for the 60m hurdles twice in January and February. In March, she gained her third consecutive African Video games title in Ghana, anchored the ladies’s 4x100m relay staff to gold in Accra, and triumphed on the African Championships in Cameroon.

This season, she has competed in 17 occasions, together with the 60m, 100m, 100m hurdles, and 4x100m relay. Amusan is a three-time Diamond League winner, two-time Commonwealth Video games gold medallist, two-time African champion, and three-time African Video games gold medallist, having participated within the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Amusan is undoubtedly one of many favourites for the gold medal, however it will not be a straightforward feat forward of the semi-finals which will likely be held on Friday, August 9, whereas the ultimate is slated for the penultimate day of the athletics occasion, Saturday, August 10.