Tobi Amusan won gold in the Women’s 100m Hurdles Final on day ten of the World Athletics Championships
Nigerians, including three presidential candidates, basked in the glory of the country’s first world athletics gold medal, welcoming a respite from bad news about economic hardships and deepening insecurity.
Tobi Amusan, 25, won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles on Sunday in the World Athletics Championships after breaking the world record in a semi-final where she clocked 12.12sec in Eugene, Oregon.
Her winning time of 12.06sec in the final will not be recognised as a BBC World News Today record, however, due to regulations over a strong tailwinds assisting runners.