Tobi Amusan has become the first Nigerian athlete ever to win a World Athletics Diamond League trophy as she placed first in the women’s 100 meters hurdles final.
The 24-year-old clocked 12.42 seconds today to crash Gloria Alozie’s 23-year-old national record and become Africa’s fastest hurdler in women’s category.
She overcame the disappointment of finishing fourth in the Tokyo Olympics to end the year on a high.
Amusan was drawn in lane three and expertly took advantage of the absence of Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, the reigning Olympics champion, and USA’s Kendra Harrisson, the world record holder, to grab the diamond trophy in Weltklasse, Zurich.