Read Tobi Amusan’s Message Before Breaking the World Record
The saying there is power in the tongue was proved to be accurate at the World Athletics Championship by Nigeria’s Oluwatobiloba Amusan.
By Ademola Bashorun
The world’s fastest woman in 100 meters hurdles, Oluwatobiloba Amusan wrote her name in the history book in Oregon at the just concluded competition. Amusan had earlier sent a message to the World, six years ago ( 2006) where she said, she will break the world record set by Keni Harrison of the United States in 2016.
Amusan broke the six-year-old record in her semi-final race where she finished with a time of 12.12 seconds. The 25-year-old set a new record of 12.06 seconds but the record will not be recorded by the body following a strong wind of 2.5 meters per second.
Jamaica’s Britany Anderson took silver in 12.23sec, while Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico claimed bronze in 12.23.
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