Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria’s Oluwatobiloba Amusan on Thursday evening stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles finals at the African Senior Athletics Championships in Mauritius reports Prime Business Africa.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe petite trackster finished the race in blistering 12.57s (+4.0)w to bag gold ahead of Morrison Ebony Leea of Liberia, who won silve in 12.77s, while Fourie Marione of South Africa settled for bronze in 12.93s.
The 25-year-old who als also competes as a sprinter won the 2018 Commonwealth and 2018 African champion in the event. She is also a two-time African Games champion and won the Diamond League Trophy in Zurich in 2021 in the 100m hurdles.
The 22nd African Championships is being held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius from 8 to 12 June 2022 at the Cote d’Or National Sports Complex. The event was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 in Oran, Algeria, but had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
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