In an interview with journalists after the game, Amusan
said, it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone
through in the last couple of weeks.
“I Just want to say a huge thank you to who has been
supporting me through the ups and downs, Ya’ll stood by me, kept praying for
me, God Bless you all, I am sorry I might have let you all down, but we will
back stronger definitely.
“Yeah, it’s a tough one; nobody likes to lose but
considering what I have gone through in the past couple of months, I’m so
grateful that I came out,” she said.
Defending champion Tobi Amusan lost her world women’s 100m
hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in a shock win at the
World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Williams, the 30-year-old, who previously won in Beijing in
2015, timed 12.43 seconds to edge out Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of
Puerto Rico (12.44sec) with Kendra Harrison of the United States taking bronze
(12.46).
Amusan and 2019 winner Nia Ali were never in the hunt,
finishing sixth and last respectively.