Nigeria’s Queen of track, Tobi Amusan has gotten to a flying start to the season by clocking 7.77s to win the women’s 60m hurdles at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold which kicked off in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Saturday, January 27. It’s the first outing for Amusan in the new year after winning the Diamond…
The Athletics Integrity Unit ( AIU) has filed an appeal against Nigerian and World women’s 100-meter hurdle champion Tobi Amusan at the Court of Arbitration For Sports ( CAS). AIU had provisionally suspended Amusan before the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary but she was later cleared to compete in the event. While she went…
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has stated that she will bounce back after losing her world women’s 100m hurdles crown. Amusan missed out on the medal chart after clinching sixth position in the final of the 100mh event on Thursday, losing the crown to Danielle Williams of Jamaica at the world athletics championship in Budapest. Speaking with…
The road is now clear for Nigeria’s Queen of Track Tobi Amusan to participate at the upcoming World Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Recall that Amusan was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for missing three consecutive tests-a development that cast a big shadow on her chance of participating in the championship. While the Athletics…
Nigeria’s Queen of Track, Tobiloba Amusan’s hope of attending the forthcoming 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary is currently hanging in the balance as she awaits the decision of the Athletics Integrity Unit over her ‘ provisional suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit(AIU). The suspension was consequent upon Amusan’s missing three whereabouts drug tests…
The Athletics Integrity Unit(AIU) has provisionally suspended Nigerian track and field athlete, Tobi Amusan for three missed ‘Whereabout failures’ The suspension was consequent upon Amusan’s missing of three drug tests within a 12-month period. In a statement on Twitter, the AIU said the charge will be heard by the Disciplinary Tribunal and determined before the…
Nigeria Queen of Track, Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100m Hurdles at the Stockholm Diamond League. Amusan, who finished with a time of 12.52s, beat Sarah Lavin of the Republic of Ireland who clocked a Personal Best (PB) of 12.73s for 2nd and Pia Skrzyszowska Poland in 12.78s for 3rd place. The win is…
Tobi Amusan has been ranked the best female athlete in Africa and fifth best in the world. World Athletics ranked each athlete according to the points they amassed from their performances during the season, using the scoring tables of athletics. With Amusan, she got her most points from her World Record (WR) time of 12.12s…
Tobi Amusan gets World Athlete of the year nomination Nigeria’s Queen of Track Oluwatobiloba Amusan has been nominated for the Women’s World Athlete of the year award. The World Athletics released nominees for the award on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday afternoon. Amusan, OON is the first Nigerian athlete in history to be…
Governor Abidoun gifts Tobi Amusan N5 million, house in Ijebu-Ode The executive Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday presented the World Champion, Tobi Amusan a sum of Five million naira and a house in Ijebu-Ode. Abiodun announced the donation while receiving the world record holder in his office at Okemosan,in Abeokuta the…
Tobi Amusan becomes Glo Ambassador Nigeria Queen of Track, Tobi Amusan has been unveiled by Telecommunications giant, Globacom, as its Brand Ambassador. The 100 meters World record holder, who also recently received a National Award of Officer of the Order of the Niger(OON) from President Muhammadu Buhari was unveiled in Lagos on Thursday. Expressing her…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared the donation of N200 million gift for Nigerian medalists who participated in various international games, including the Commonwealth Games, for being outstanding in performances. Buhari also made a presentation of an award of recognition to world record sportswoman, Tobi Amusan. This occurred during a reception for the Nigeria 2022…
Tobi Amusan wins Gold again, breaks new record Nigeria’s sensational sprinter, Tobiloba Amusan has once again proved her worth on Thursday after scooping another gold medal at the Zurich Diamond League. The Ijebu-Ode born Athlete had recently made the headlines in this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she claimed a gold medal in the…
Tobi Amusan who hails from Nigeria has won the gold in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. This came days after her winning of gold and bagging the world record at the World Athletics Championships in the United States, US. She clocks a blistering 12.30s to smash the Games’ record…
