The World Athletics Federation has approved the world record achieved by Tobi Amusan in the women’s 100-meter hurdles semifinal at the Athletics Championships in Oregon in July of this year (previously known as IAAF).
This information was made public on the official athletics organisation website on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.
At the London Müller Anniversary Games, Amusan ran a mark of 12.12 seconds to defeat former world record holder Kendra Harrison, who had established the world record in the 100-meter hurdles with a timing of 12.20 seconds in 2016.
However, the 25-year-old wasn’t done yet; after that incredible effort, she won the final with a wind-assisted 12.06 (2.5 m/s).
The objective was to compete and take home the gold, Although I honestly believe in my talents, I did not anticipate setting a world record at these championships, Amusan had admitted in a post-record interview.
The official world record for the women’s hurdles may be broken with a time of 12.12 seconds.
Before shattering the record in Oregon to become Nigeria’s first-ever world athletics champion and world record holder, Amusan had been in the best shape of her life, breaking the African record three times in the previous 10 months.
For team Nigeria, she won another another gold medal that broke records, this time at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Amusan entered the final as the heavy favourite to win the gold medal, and there was no stopping her as she sped to a new games record of 12.30 seconds to defend the 100-meter hurdles title she won on Australia’s gold coast four years prior.
The UTEP alumna reaffirmed her position as the world’s greatest female hurdler on September 8 in Zurich by breaking Gail Devers’ 22-year-old record of 12.39s and setting a new meeting record of 12.29s (-0.3).
She received the officer of the order of the niger (OON) award on Thursday, September 15, when president Muhammadu Buhari honoured the nation’s athletes for their outstanding performances in a number of tournaments.
When Amusan won the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles event at the 2022 Global Athletics Championships, she became the first Nigerian to win a world championship in an athletic event.
She holds the records in all three championships and is now the African, Commonwealth, and World Champion in the 100-meter hurdles.
