Amusan is the first Nigerian since Gloria Alozie at the
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games to make it to the final of the Women’s 100m hurdles
event and she looks good to win a medal like Alozie did 21 years ago.
Amusan has enjoyed a blistering season, maintaining a high
level of consistency which has made her one of the firm favourites for a medal
in Tokyo.
The 23-year old had on Saturday won Heat 3 of the 100m
Women’s Hurdles with a time of 12.72 second to qualify for the semifinal before
running a faster time to also win her semi final race on Sunday.
Earlier, another Nigerian, Enoch Adegoke, had qualified for
the final of the 100m race.
It’s the first time Nigeria is having a representative in
the final of the 100m men’s event at the Olympics in 25 years.
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