Amusan qualifies for 100m final, Akintola in 200m semis
Alaba Akintola after he qualified from the first round of the 200m event in Budapest on Wednesday<br />
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Alaba Akintola after he qualified from the first round of the 200m event in Budapest on Wednesday<br />
Tobi Amusan in her first race at the National Athletics Stadium in Budapest…on Tuesday
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan celebrates setting a world record in the women’s 100m hurdles final during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 24, 2022. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
BUDAPEST: Reigning champion Tobi Amusan of Nigeria won her qualifying heat in the women's 100-metres hurdles on Tuesday (Aug 22) to secure a spot in the semi-finals amid a cloud of controversy.
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (C) crosses the finish line ahead of Jamaica’s Megan Tapper (R) and Netherlands’ Maayke Tjin-A-Lim in the women’s 100m hurdles heats during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 22, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
Tobi Amusan of Nigeria Gold medal on Women’s 100m hurdles during the World Athletics Championships on July 24, 2022 in Eugene, United States – Photo Andy Astfalck / BSR Agency / Orange Pictures / DPPI (Photo by Andy Astfalck / Orange Pictures / DPPI via AFP)
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
BUDAPEST : American Nia Ali defied expectations when she raced to a silver medal in the 100-metre hurdles at the 2016 Rio Olympics barely a year after becoming a mother, and did it again when she won a world title after the birth of her second child.