Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on Sunday won the gold medal at the 100 metres hurdles at the at the Stockholm Diamond League.
The Nigerian hurdler who holds the World Record in the event ran a time of 12.52 seconds to emerge winner of the race.
She defeated Sarah Lavin who clocked a Personal Best (PB) of 12.73 seconds and emerged second.
Pia Skrzyszowska came third in a time of 12.78 second.
Amusan is the current World, Commonwealth and African champion in the 100 m hurdles, as well as the meet record holder in those three competitions.
Amusan became the first ever Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Championships 100 m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds (+0.9m/s) in the semi-final, followed up by a 12.06 seconds (+2.5m/s) in the final.
She won back-to-back Commonwealth and African titles in 2018 and 2022 in the 100 m hurdles and is also a two-time African Games champion in the event. She is also the current Diamond league champion in the 100 metres hurdles having won the final in 12.29 seconds (-0.3m/s) winning back to back titles in 2022 and 2023.
