JUST IN: No Podium show for Tobi Amusan finishes 6th
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan and world record holder, failed in her bid to defend the title on Thursday in Budapest Hungary, after finishing 6th in the 100m Hurdles.
In the 2022 edition of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, Tobi Amusan stunned the world when she won the semi-finals in 12.12 seconds which is a world record to date.
The 26-year-old athlete went on to win the edition by running wind-aided 12.06secs in the final to become the first Nigerian to win 100-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championship.
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Ahead of the 2023 World Athletics Championships, the AIU banned her for allegedly failing a drug test three times in 12 months, halting her hope of successfully defending her title.
Fortunately for her, the regulatory body cleared her on time for the competition and she put the setback behind her to stun the world for the second successive year.
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Tobi Amusan made it to the finals on Wednesday, beating Jamaican Ackera Nugent to the first spot in 12.56 seconds.
In the final earlier today, August 24, 2023, Amusan faced American former world record holder Kendra Harrison, who won the first semi-finals in 12.33secs, and Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who won the last semi-finals in 12.41secs.
It was not a day of bumper harvest for Tobi Amusan who finished 6th and missed the podium with a time of 12.62s.
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30-year-old Danielle Williams of Jamaica who won the 2015 edition of the event emerged victorious in 12.43s. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rican finished second in 12.44s, while Kendra Harrison of the United States finished third in 12.46s.