Tobi Amusan won the first gold medal in the history of Nigeria at the World Athletics Championships on July 24, 2022 in Eugene (Northwest of the United States). She won the final of the 100 meters hurdles with a time of 12.06 seconds (non-approved time), after having already beaten the world record in the semi-finals with a time of 12’12”.
Tobi Amusan made Nigerians smile again on July 24, 2022 in Eugene (Northwest of the United States). A few days after the sad 4th place of Nigerian footballers at the AFCON 2022 and a few weeks later the forced package basketball players for the next World Cup, the 25-year-old hurdler has indeed won the first gold medal in the history of her country at the World Championships in Athletics.
Tobi Amusan won the final of the 100 meters haires in 12 seconds 06, a time not approved due to the too favorable wind. On the other hand, the multiple gold medalist (African Games 2015 and 2019, Commonwealth Games 2018, African Championships 2018) had broken the world record in the semi-finals, in 12’12”.
Succession with Ese Brume
” I am so happy and grateful to my coachshe reacted to the microphone of RFI. Come here [aux Etats-Unis, Ndlr] hasn’t been easy and running and winning here so hard. But to come away with the gold and the world record is great. I didn’t necessarily expect this record. The semi-final was so tough that I focused on my race and on qualifying for the final. But running so fast is really spectacular for me. And in the final that I don’t break the record again because of the wind, it doesn’t matter. Only the gold counted and I’m delighted to have won! »
Tobi Amusan embodies the next generation of Nigerian athletics with Ese Brume, silver in the long jump in Eugene and already in bronze at the 2019 Worlds and the 2021 Olympics. A welcome succession for this country whose ex-superstar, Blessing Okagbare, was suspended for ten years for doping.
Interview by Olivier Pron,