Nigeria’s queen of the track, Tobi Amusan, was in her imperious best to win the 100m hurdles gold medal at the ongoing African Games in Ghana on Wednesday.
Amusan clocked 12.89 seconds to win the race ahead of Mozambique’s Sidoane Fiadanantsoaso and Ashley Tinashe of Zimbabwe, who went home with the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
She was almost disqualified at the beginning of the race following a false start, but she was left off the hook by being cautioned with a yellow card.
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Amusan has now won the 100m hurdles gold medal for the third consecutive African Games, enjoying victory in the 2015 edition in Brazzaville and also in Rabat 2019.
She also led Nigeria’s 4x100m relay to a gold medal, the team clocked 43.05 sec ahead of Liberia and Ghana.
Another Nigerian Chidi Okezie also won a gold medal in the men’s 400m after beating race favourites, Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga and Senegal’s Tidiane Diouf to finish at 45.06 seconds, a personal best and a national best in recent years.
Nigeria currently sits second in the African Games medal table with 85 medals, boasting 31 gold, 22 silver and 32 silver.