By Former Olympic champion, Usain Bolt has hailed Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan who won gold in the 100m hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, on Sunday.
The 25-year-old took the first position after she finished in 12.06secs, smashing her world record time of 12.12secs in the semi-finals. However, her feat will not be recognised as a world record due to the over 2m/s wind speed.
While Amusan earned Nigeria her first gold in the history of the World Athletics Championships, Jamaica’s Britany Anderson took silver in 12.23secs, and Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico claimed bronze in 12.23secs.
As praises continue to trail her victory, Usain Bolt has also hailed the Nigerian athlete for her history-making outing.
Taking to his Twitter page on Monday morning, the former Jamaican sprinter — one of the biggest sports stars in the world — described Amusan as “superb”.
“Superb 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 #Tobi,” he wrote.
Superb 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 #Tobi
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) July 25, 2022
Bolt won eleven gold medals across four World Athletics Championships. At the 2009 event in Berlin, he set world records for the men’s 100m and 200m, which he still holds today.
He ended his legendary professional career at a World championships in 2017. He walked away as a 19-time global champion and remains the fastest man of all time.
