Tobi Amusan
Tobi Amusan, a Nigerian athlete, has qualified for the semi-finals of the Women’s 100m Hurdles at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan, AFP reports.
The 24-year-old athlete advanced to the next round of the competition on Saturday morning after winning Round 1 (Heat 3) while running from lane four.
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She crossed the finish line at 12.72s ahead of Jamaica’s Thompson Yanique who timed 12.74s and Skrzyszowska Pia of Poland who ran a personal best of 12.75s to place third in the heat.
Others athletes in the heat included Charlton Devynne from Bahamas (12.84), Finland’s Korte Annimari (13.06), Koala Marthe of Burkina Faso (13.11), and Japanese representative Aoki Masumi (13.59). Pesiridou Elisavet from Greece did not finish the race.
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