By Uzor Odigbo
Tobi Amusan’s World Athletics Championship record of 12.12 secs has been ratified
The Nigerian ‘Track prodigy set the 12.12 secs at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, the United States in August.
According to World Athletics, Amusan’s record is now officially in the record books.
After clocking an African record of 12.40 in the 100m hurdles heats, the world was put on notice that 25-year-old Amusan was capable of something special.
The next day, she ran 12.12 (0.9m/s) in the semifinals to improve the world record of 12.20 that had been set by USA’s Kendra Harrison in London in 2016.
Amusan wasn’t done there, though, and she followed that remarkable performance with a wind-assisted 12.06 (2.5m/s) to win the final.
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About Amusan
Amusan was recently awarded the National Honour of OON by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Amusan, born on April 23, 1997, is the current African, Commonwealth and World Champion in the 100m hurdles as well as the record holder in the three competitions.
She became the first Nigerian world champion in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Athletics Championships 100 metres hurdles gold medal, setting the new world record of 12.12 seconds in the semifinal, followed up by a wind-assisted 12.06 seconds in the final to take the gold medal.
She won back-to-back African and commonwealth titles in 2018 and 2022 in the 100m hurdles and is also a two-time African Games champion in the event.
She won the Diamond League Trophy in Zurich in 2021 in the 100m hurdles becoming the first Nigerian to do so, also breaking the then African Record held by Glory Alozie in the process.
