Nigeria’s hope of winning a medal in the women’s 100m hurdles have faded as Tobi Amusan failed to make it to final at the Paris Olympics.
Amusan missed out on a place in the final after finishing third in the women’s semi-final 1 in 12.55 seconds behind Grace Stark of the United States who finished in 12.39 seconds and Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas who finished in 12.55 seconds.
In response to Tobi Amusan’s failure to reach the final, Chioma Ajunwa, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics said on X, “I’m so heartbroken”.
On Wednesday, Amusan led the pack of eight athletes with 12.49s, followed by America’s Alaysha Johnson with 12.61s and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown with 12.84s.
Despite being one of the favourites for Team Nigeria to win a gold medal at the Olympics, her recent performance is another in a series of Nigeria’s disappointing outings at the Olympics.
Her time of 12.55s left her in ninth place, just one spot outside the top eight who made it into Saturday’s final.
The qualified athletes for the final of the women’s 100m hurdles include Grace Stark (USA), Devynne Charlton (Bahamas), Alaysha Johnson (USA), Nadine Visser (Netherlands), Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico), Masai Russell (USA), Ackera Nugent (Jamaica), and Cyrena Samba-Mayela (France).
