The Paris 2024 Olympics is set to officially start with an opening ceremony on July 26, 2024. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has released the list of 35 athletes comprising 17 men and 18 women that will represent the country in track and field events which is scheduled to hold from August 1 to 11th. Team Nigeria who are making...
Tobi Amusan has again set the bar high as she becomes the world’s fastest woman in 100m hurdles. Tobi Amusan has become the world’s fastest woman after setting a new record in the women’s 100m hurdles in a time of 12.40 seconds at the first Jamaica Athletics Invitational in Kingston. The world record holder beat Danielle Williams, the world champion,...
Nigeria’s World Record holder, Oluwatobiloba Amusan has been nominated for the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards. With her nomination, she has become the first Nigerian male or female athlete to be nominated for the prestigious Laureus Award. The sprint star was shortlisted in the World Breakthrough of the Year category alongside five other contestants like tennis stars, Carlos Alcaraz and...
World 100m hurdles champion and world record holder, Tobi Amusan, has been listed among the 10 nominees for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year organised by World Athletics. Announcing the nominees for the award on Wednesday, October 12, the athletic body, World Athletics (WA), in a press release published on their website, confirmed that the 10 nominees had been...
Tobi Amusan broke the 100m hurdles world record with a stunning semi-final time of 12.12 seconds – before taking gold at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 25-year-old won the final in a wind-assisted time of 12.06s better than the 12.12s she ran in the semis. The time was later ruled ineligible as the wind speed exceeded the...
Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has become the first Nigerian to win a World Athletics Diamond League trophy since its inception in 2010. She won the 100 metres hurdles at the ongoing Diamond League in Zurich clocking 12.42 seconds on Thursday to beat Gloria Alozie’s 23-year-old national record thereby setting a new African record and becoming Africa’s fastest hurdler in the women’s category....