Glamsquad Magazine August 2022

FEATURE
Nigeria’s
Tobi Amusan
Sets World
Record
in 100m
Hurdles
By Sebastiane Ebatamehi
Her time beats the
12.20 seconds set
by American Kendra
Harrison, who finished
second behind Amusan, in
2016.
Tobi Amusan, a Nigerian
track and field athlete, has
set a new world record in the
women’s 100m hurdles. The
Nigerian starlet set the new
world record and went on to
win the women’s 100m hurdles
final during the World Athletics
Championships last night.
The Championship was
hosted at the Hayward Field in
Eugene, Oregon. Her win gave
the Nigerian team its only gold
medal at that competition.
The 25-year-old broke the
world record in the semifinals with
a time of 12.12 seconds. Her
time beats the 12.20 seconds
set by American Kendra Harrison,
who finished second behind
Amusan, in 2016.
Two hours after setting the
new world record in the semis, a
highly motivated Amusan went
on to win the gold medal for her
country in the final.
Surprisingly, she ran even faster
in the final (12.06s), but due to
a strong tail wind this will not be
registered as a record. Hence,
her record in the semifinals will
stand as the new official world
record.
The new record holder
could not hold back her tears
as she was awarded her gold
medal, bringing an end to a
competition that was originally
not going as planned for Nigeria.
The West African country
had not won any medal since
the start of the competition but
had to wait until the final day
to register two medals – a gold
medal from Tobi Amusan, and
a silver medal from long jumper
Ese Brume.
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