There were so much expectations on her right from the time that she set a new record in Oregon, USA and to stamp her authority, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has successfully defended her Commonwealth Games in 100m hurdles title after breezing to the first position on Sunday at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
Amusan at Birmingham set a new Games Record of 12.30s and also secured Nigeria’s 10th gold medal.
A 2.4 m/s tailwind denied Amusan the chance of breaking the Games Record in the semi-final.
The brilliant performance of Amusan was good enough to subsume the 16-year-old 12.65 seconds Games record set by Jamaica’s Brigitte Foster-Hylton in Melbourne, Australia.
ValidViewNetwork reports that the golden lady was excited but felt that her timing could have been better.
Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas came second while Briton Cindy Sember who celebrated her 28th birthday with a win in the semis settled for the bronze.
Speaking to reporters after her win, Tobi Amusan said even though she set a new Games Record, she did not have a properly executed race.
At Oregon few weeks ago, 25-year-old Amusan broke the World Record with her 12.12 seconds semi-final win before going on to win the world title in with 12.06s wind-aided time.
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