Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has defended her Commonwealth Games 100m hurdles title after notching the first position on Sunday at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
Amusan finished in a time of 12.30s to set a new Games Record and also secure Nigeria’s 10th gold medal in what has been an amazing year.
However, there was no stopping the World Record holder as she breezed to a time of 12.30s to eclipse the 16-year-old 12.65 seconds Games record set by Jamaica’s Brigitte Foster-Hylton in Melbourne, Australia.
A 2.4 m/s tailwind denied Amusan the chance of breaking the Games Record in the semi-final.
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She became the first World Champion to win Gold in the event and the first Nigerian athlete ever, dead or alive to be crowned champion at all levels of athletics in the same year.
Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas came second while Briton Cindy Sember who celebrated her 28th birthday with a win in the semis settled for the bronze.
Speaking to reporters after her win, Amusan said even though she set a new Games Record, she did not have a properly executed race.
Only a few weeks ago, 25-year-old Amusan broke the World Record with her 12.12 seconds semi-final win before going on to win the world title in Oregon with 12.06s wind-aided time.
Nigeria leads other African countries
Meanwhile, Nigeria Sunday overtook South Africa to become the leading African team on the medals table at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, with another gold medal to its total haul in Birmingham.
On Friday which was Day 8 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, Team Nigeria trailed South Africa in the eighth position, with a total of seven Gold, three Silver, and six Bronze medals, making a total of 16 medals.
But Sunday, Day 10, the Nigerian athletes dominated the Women’s F55-57 Shot Put event, with Eucharia Iyayi winning the Gold medal, while Ugochi Alam clinched the Bronze. Amusan won the 10th Gold in 100m hurdle for Nigeria.
Iyiazi, threw a new Commonwealth Games record of 10.03m to win the gold medal for Nigeria.
