World Championships: Nigerian Tobi Amusan sets two world records
Nigerian Tobi Amusan set a world record twice on Monday morning to win the 100m hurdles in style at the World Championships.
His victory and another excellent performance from Ese Brume meant that after working all week with nothing tangible to show for their efforts, the Nigerian team ended their World Championships campaign in Oregon on a high. spectacular note; winning a gold and a silver on the final day of action.
The duo of Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume produced the medals for Nigeria and they did it Oregon style with breathtaking performances.
Amusan set the world record twice before being crowned world champion in the 100m hurdles, while Brume had to dig deep for her silver medal in the long jump.
PREMIUM TIMES reports that after improving his African record during the heats, many knew Amusan would be onto bigger things in the semis but not the world record
Nigerian Tobi Amusan won a gold medal in the women's 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Athletics, after breaking the world record with a time of 12.06 seconds.In the semi-finals, Amusan clocked an extraordinary time of 12.12 seconds to erase the old world record of 12.20 seconds owned by Keni Harrison of the United States since 2016.
"I wanted to get out and go," Amusan said after the race. "I did what I had to do."
While amazing in itself, Amusan wasn't done yet as she broke the world record in her final race a few hours later; win in 12.06 seconds to become Nigeria's first ever world champion.
READ ALSO: World Championships: Amusan sets new record in OregonJamaican Britany Anderson took silver in 12.23 seconds, while Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico took bronze in 12.23.
Amusan got off to a torrid start and settled in smoothly after the first hurdle, building a clear course...
Nigerian Tobi Amusan set a world record twice on Monday morning to win the 100m hurdles in style at the World Championships.
His victory and another excellent performance from Ese Brume meant that after working all week with nothing tangible to show for their efforts, the Nigerian team ended their World Championships campaign in Oregon on a high. spectacular note; winning a gold and a silver on the final day of action.
The duo of Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume produced the medals for Nigeria and they did it Oregon style with breathtaking performances.
Amusan set the world record twice before being crowned world champion in the 100m hurdles, while Brume had to dig deep for her silver medal in the long jump.
PREMIUM TIMES reports that after improving his African record during the heats, many knew Amusan would be onto bigger things in the semis but not the world record
Nigerian Tobi Amusan won a gold medal in the women's 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Athletics, after breaking the world record with a time of 12.06 seconds.In the semi-finals, Amusan clocked an extraordinary time of 12.12 seconds to erase the old world record of 12.20 seconds owned by Keni Harrison of the United States since 2016.
"I wanted to get out and go," Amusan said after the race. "I did what I had to do."
While amazing in itself, Amusan wasn't done yet as she broke the world record in her final race a few hours later; win in 12.06 seconds to become Nigeria's first ever world champion.
READ ALSO: World Championships: Amusan sets new record in OregonJamaican Britany Anderson took silver in 12.23 seconds, while Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico took bronze in 12.23.
Amusan got off to a torrid start and settled in smoothly after the first hurdle, building a clear course...
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