Athletics Championships: Tobi Amusan Wins Silver In For Nigeria In Tokyo

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News Monday, September 15th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -) Nigeria’s sensational 100 meters hurdles champion, Toby Amusan connected Monday delivered a splendid show erstwhile she ran 12.29 seconds to clinch metallic medal astatine the World Championships successful Tokyo, Japan.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawsuit monitored successful Lagos is her archetypal medal pursuing a disappointing 3 years spell astatine the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and 2023 World Athletics successful Budapest.

Amusan’s apical notch show is besides the archetypal medal the Nigerian contingent would beryllium winning astatine the ongoing championships, which began Sept. 13 and ends Sept. 21.

For Amusan, the metallic medal is some a infinitesimal of pridefulness and reflection arsenic she remains firmly among the world’s elite and continues to constitute past for Nigeria.

Meanwhile, Itaji Kambundji of Switzerland won the women’s 100 meters Hurdles champion winning a stacked contention successful a National Record of 12.24s.

She edged Tobi Amusan of Nigeria, who finished 2nd successful 12.29s and Grace Stark of US who took the bronze medal successful 12.34s.

Masai Russell of the US was successful 4th presumption with 12.44, Pia Skrzyszowska of Poland and Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas some clocked 12.49 season’s bests to stock fifth.

Jamaica’s Danielle Williams finished seventh successful 12.53 portion Nadine Visser of the Netherlands placed eighth successful 12.56.(NAN)

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