Nigerian sprint sensation, Tobi Amusan, emerged victorious in the women’s 100m hurdles Round 1 heat at the 13th Africa Games held in Ghana.
Amusan clocked an impressive time of 13.03 seconds to clinch the win.
With this triumph, Amusan has secured her place in the semifinals of the women’s 100m hurdles event in the ongoing African Games.
However, in a turn of events, Team Nigeria surrendered the gold medals in both the men’s and women’s 100m races to Cameroon and Gambia respectively, settling for silver and bronze in these events on Tuesday.
Usheoritse Itsekiri returned at a time of 10.23secs to lose the men’s 100m surprisingly to Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme who finished at 10.14secs while Namibia’s Hainuca Gilbert took the bronze with a time of 10.25secs.
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Nigeria’s other entrant in the men’s 100m, Emmanuel Ekanem returned at a time of 10.42secs to finish a distant fourth.
In the African Games women’s 100m, Olayinka Olajide could only muster a third-place finish to win bronze with a time of 11.55secs behind Miriam Bittaye of Gambia who won the gold with 11.36secs and Alyse Miccoy of Liberia whose 11.49secs gave her the silver medal.
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