Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan breaks 100 metres hurdle record at Oregon

Last updated: 2022/07/25 at 12:13 PM

starconnect Published 25 July 2022

Nigerian tipped to win 100 metres hurdle at Oregon 2022

EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 24: Tobi Amusan of Team Nigeria reacts after setting a world record in the Women's 100m Hurdles Semi-Final on day ten of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 24, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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OREGON, United States – The Nigerian, Tobi Amusan on Sunday, recorded a 12.12 (0.9m/s) in her semifinal hurdle at Oregon 2022 to break the world 100m hurdles record at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 on Sunday (24).

The Nigerian had set an African record of 12.40 on Saturday to win her heat, the fastest first-round time in World Championships history. But even so, only few athletes would have predicted that the 25-year-old was in form to challenge the world record of 12.20 set by USA’s Kendra Harrison in 2016.

“I wanted to get out and go,” said Amusan. “I did what I had to do. Now I’m looking forward to the finals”, she said after the race.

Harrison, who was also in Amusan’s heat, finished second in 12.27, the third-fastest time of her career, and 2015 world champion Danielle Williams was third in 12.41.

Five of the eight athletes set lifetime bests, with Cindy Sember clocking a British record of 12.50, Michelle Jenneke of Australia running 12.66 in fifth and Ditaji Kambundji recording 12.70 in sixth.

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