Reigning African track and field champion, Tobi Amusan, has set a new world record for the 100m Hurdles in the final of the World Athletics Championships holding in Oregon, United States.
Tobi Amusan destroyed the world 100m Hurdles record in 12.062 seconds, beating her own record in the semifinals of 12.12 seconds.
Confirming the development, World Athletics, on its Twitter handle @WorldAthletics, tweeted:
Breaks world record (12.12) in the semis ✔️
Storms to world 100m hurdles title in the final ✔️Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 is on another planet 🪐#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/3hf37HAvEp
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 25, 2022
She achieved the earlier feat in the ongoing World Athletics Championships semifinal.
She became the first Nigerian athlete in history to ever set a World Record in any international event.
World Athletics earlier tweeted:
WORLD RECORD 🚨
TOBI AMUSAN 🇳🇬 DESTROYS THE WORLD 100M HURDLES RECORD IN 1⃣2⃣.1⃣2⃣ (+0.9 m/s) IN THE SEMIS!#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/wbcFj0OOou
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 25, 2022
In another development, Ese Brume also won a silver medal in the long jump silver.