… Retains 100m hurdles
. Leads Nigeria to Women’s 4x100m gold
World-Record holder, Tobi Amusan, wins the women’s 100m hurdles final, with a time of 12.89s.
After enduring a false start, which earned her a yellow card, Amusan raced to the finish line ahead of Madagascar’s Sidonie Fiadanantsoa who got the silver medal after finishing way behind Amosu with a time of 13.19 sec while Zimbabwe’s Kamangirira Ashley Tinashe who clocked 13.59 for the bronze medal.
It was a back to back triumph for the Nigeria and her third in succession after winning in Brazzaville, Congo in 2015 and Rabat, Morocco in 2019.
Few minutes later, Amusan anchored the Nigerian women’s 4x100m to gold again, absolutely destroying the field in a time of 43.06s.
She combined with Justina Eyakpobeyan, Olajide Olayinka and Fore Abinusawa to bring the country home in glory and her second gold of the night at the University of Ghana stadium.
In the Women’s 400m, another Nigerian, Esther Joseph clinched the silver medal with a time of 51.61 behind Kenyan Mary Moraa who won the gold medal in 50.57 sec.
Burundi’s Sita Sibiri came third with her country’s National Record of 51.74 sec.
Meanwhile, Kenya’s Angella Okutoyi caused the biggest upset in the Women’s Single tennis.