PeakNews Online
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, the 2022 world champion and world record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, has failed to reach the final of the women’s 100m hurdles event at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday.
Amusan on Friday failed to fulfill her promise of a medal as she finished below the qualification range at the Paris Olympic Games.
The world champion who has been Team Nigeria’s brightest hope for a medal, especially in the face of several losses in the contingent’s Paris 2024 adventure, finished third in her race.
PeakNews Online reports that she ran a time of 12.55 seconds from lane 6 of semi-final 1, out of contention for qualification from the heat.
Stark Grace of the U.S won their heat with a time of 12.39 secs, while Devynne Charlton of Bahamas finished second with 12.50, thus leaving Amusan in need of divine grace.
The Nigerian who holds the world record of 12.12 secs, set in Eugene in the U.S in July of 2022, then failed to qualify as one of the next fastest.
Amusan was placed ninth overall, a place below the qualification line, and out of Saturday’s final.
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