African Games 2023: Amusan Win Gold In 100m Hurdles, 4x100m Relay

Tobi Amusan flew to an easy win as she won the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the African Games 2023 on Wednesday.

It is Amusan’s third straight gold medal in the African Games 100m hurdles.

The former world athletic champion clocked a time of 12.89 seconds to retain her title.

Amusan went into the race as the absolute favourite, but beat the gun after going into the blocks for the first time due to the noise of the crowd in the stadium. She got a yellow card and lined up again.

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The gun went off for the second time, but this time, she nailed the start, flying to an easy win.

Nigeria’s other athlete in the final, Faith Osamuyi narrowly missed out on a podium finish as she ran 13.77 seconds to finish in fourth place.

Amusan then shifted attention to the women’s 4x100m relay and anchored the Nigerian team to gold in a time of 43.06 seconds.

She combined with Justina Eyakpobeyan, Olajide Olayinka and Fore Abinusawa to win the gold medal.

Earlier on Wednesday, Chidi Okezie won gold in the men’s 400m final.

Okezie stormed to a personal best of 45.06 seconds, the fastest time by a Nigerian athlete in nine years.

He defeated one of the world’s fastest men in the form of Muzala Samukonga of Zambia who clocked 45.37 seconds for Silver while Senegal’s Diouf Cheick Tidiane was third in 45.49 seconds.