The 24-year-old had qualified for the final after running
with a time of 12.62 seconds, leaving Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton who had 12.66
in second place.
Amusan went to the final against seven other qualifiers,
running from lane 6.
The track and field athlete finished fourth after a time of
12.60 seconds.
It was 0.05 of a second behind Megan Tapper of Jamaica who
clocked 12.55 to sneak in on the bronze medal from lane 9 just with a dip of
her head.
Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn who holds the Olympic
record of 12.26, set in the semi-finals on Sunday, won the event’s gold medal
with a time of 12.37.
World record-holder Kendra Harrison of the U.S, who ran
12.20 at London in 2016, won the silver with 12.52.
Amusan now has the women’s 4 x 100m relay race to look
forward to.