Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan, has won the women’s 100m hurdles for a third consecutive title at the All African Games.
Amusan, on Wednesday won the women’s 100mH final at the African Games, clocking a time of 12.89s (-2.1) at the University of Ghana Sports Complex.
Amusan now has a hat-trick of 100mH African games titles after winning the event at the last two editions – Congo Brazzaville 2015 and Rabat 2019.
Mozambique’s Sidoane Fiadanantsoaso and Ashley Tinashe of Zimbabwe took silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Amusan faced the scare of disqualification after she suffered a false-start during the first attempt to commence the race. However, she was let off the hook by the officials, who issued her a yellow card instead.
Tobi Amusan wins the women's 100mH final at the African Games, clocking a time of 12.89s (-2.1)
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Amusan continued her impressive start to the season after she set a new African women’s indoor women’s in 60-meter hurdles in February.
In the men’s 400 meters race, Chidi Okezie clocked 45.06 seconds to win the gold medal.
Samukonga Muzala of Zambia finished second with a time of 45.37 seconds, and Senegal’s Diouf Tidiane won bronze.
Okezie’s performance was a massive improvement on the bronze he won in 2019 in Rabat.
Also, Joseph Esther won the silver medal in the women’s 400 meters race. She was beaten to the gold by Mari Moraa of Kenya, who clocked 50.57 seconds.
