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Olympics: Tobi Amusan fails to reach 100m hurdles final

Nigerian athlete Tobi Amusan, on Friday, failed to reach the final of the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.

Amusan came third in the first semi-final of the event.

Amusan posted in a time of 12.55 seconds and had to wait to check the outcomes of the two other semi-finals to see if she would scrape through.

Olympics: Amusan qualifies for women’s 100m hurdles semi-finals

But the third semi-final dented her wait as the two athletes who came third and fourth bettered her performance.

Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent crossed the finish line of the third semi-final in a time of 12.44 seconds to finish in third place while France’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela ran 12.52 seconds to finish fourth in the same race.

Both runners posted faster times and secured the qualification spots, ending Amusan’s chance of a podium finish in her third appearance at the Olympics.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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