Tobi Amusan Wins Silver in 100m Hurdles at Tokyo World Championships

Nigeria’s sprint queen, Tobi Amusan, reminded the satellite of her brilliance connected Monday nighttime arsenic she stormed to metallic successful the women’s 100m hurdles astatine the Tokyo 2025 World Championships. The 28-year-old clocked an awesome 12.29 seconds successful a thrilling last that had fans connected the borderline of their seats.

She was narrowly edged retired of golden by Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji, who claimed triumph successful a nationalist grounds of 12.24s. Grace Stark of the United States took bronze successful 12.34s, portion Olympic champion Masai Russell finished conscionable extracurricular the podium successful 12.44s.

For Amusan, it was a premix of triumph and emotion. This was the precise aforesaid Tokyo stadium wherever she finished 4th astatine the 2021 Olympics—an acquisition that has stayed with her ever since.

“I retrieve successful 2021, I came present and I came fourth. The infinitesimal I heard World Championships was going to beryllium kept here, I had a PTSD,” Amusan confessed. “But past I had to drawback retired of it and told myself I’m not leaving present without the golden medal. I don’t know, but I’ll instrumentality a silver. It’s been God. The travel has been highly rough. I’ve taken much L’s than wins. I’m conscionable thankful that I person a large enactment system, my coach, my family, my mentors, my loved ones.”

Amusan’s travel backmost to the podium hasn’t been smooth. From the glory of breaking the satellite grounds successful Oregon successful 2022, to injuries, setbacks, and administrative battles, she has had to combat harder than ever to stay astatine the top. That’s wherefore this medal, she said, belongs arsenic overmuch to her supporters arsenic it does to her.

“This is for everyone who supported maine done it all,” she said. “Look astatine the benignant of lineup we person successful the women’s hurdles—it’s anybody’s race. I kept saying to myself yesterday, it’s not of the swift but of God who shows mercy. I worked truly hard and I merit this. I’m conscionable thankful I didn’t permission present with nary medal again this year.”

Earlier this season, Amusan had already signalled that she was successful form, moving a season’s champion of 12.24s. For her, the metallic medal is impervious that she was close wherever she needed to be. “Trust me, I knew I was coming. A 12.29 to get the metallic medal—we’ll instrumentality it. It could beryllium better, but we’ll instrumentality it.”

And portion her strides connected the way are ever the headline, Amusan besides showed disconnected a softer broadside this play with a bold caller cropped hairstyle that drew attraction successful Tokyo.

“I was conscionable bushed of braiding my hair,” she laughed. “I bid Monday done Saturday. There’s nary clip to rest, and connected Sundays erstwhile I should rest, I don’t privation to beryllium astatine a salon. So I conscionable chopped it disconnected into a pixie. No stress, nary drama.”