All African Games: Amusan Wins 3rd Consecutive 100m Hurdles Gold Medal

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan won the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the African Games 2023 on Wednesday.

The sprinter’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.

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 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.