By Oluwaseun Sonde
The All Progressive Congress APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated athlete, Tobi Amusan for winning the women's 100m hurdles to become World champion in United States.
Tinubu who congratulated the athlete through his social media platform on Sunday, said "Congratulations to our new track and field superstar, Tobi Amusan on becoming the new World Champion in the women's 100m hurdles; smashing the world record not once but twice in the process".
Meanwhile, the Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan won the 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States, obliterated the world record in the semi-final where she clocked 12.12sec, powered to win the final in 12.06sec.
"World record holder Tobi Amusan has won the 100m hurdles gold at the World Athletics Champs, doing it by going faster than the 12.12s she ran in the semis. Her 12.06s in the final wasn’t recognised as a world record though owing to the over 2m/s wind speed", according to World Athletics.
Tobi Amusan goes home with $100,000 in prize money.
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