World Record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan of Nigeria has qualified for the 100-meter hurdles Semi-final of the Paris 2024 Olympics, reports Sports 247.
Tobi was in her element as she won her heat 1 and became the first to qualify returning a time of 12.49s on Wednesday morning in Paris.
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After the disappointment of Favour Ofili and Blessing Oborududu to finish on the podium on Tuesday, Tobi remains one of Nigeria’s prospects of winning a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics as the precious has become an elusive object for Nigeria at the games so far.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Edose Ibadin finished 6th in heat 2 of men’s 800m, he will however return for the Repechage round to fight for another chance into the semifinals
He clocked a time of 1:46.56, with French athlete Gabriel Tual taking the victory in 1:45.13.
Ireland’s Mark English came in 2nd with a time of 1:45.13, ahead of Botswana’s Tshepiso Masalela who was 3rd in 1:45.58.
In Wrestling – Nigeria’s Christianah Ogunsanya lost her second-round bout in the women’s Freestyle 53kg.
Ogunsanya was trailing 3-1 in the second half, but Mongolia’s Khulan Batkhuyag was better on the day, taking a VFA (Victory by Fall) over her Nigerian opponent on Wednesday in Paris.
