Nigerian sprint icon, Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100m hurdles Round 1 heat at the 13th Africa Games in Ghana.
Amusan won the heat with a time of 13.03s.
By virtue of the victory, Amusan secured a spot in the semis
of the women’s 100m hurdles at the ongoing Africa Games.
Meanwhile, Team Nigeria lost the men’s and women’s 100m gold
to Cameroon and Gambia respectively, settling for silver and bronze in the
events on Tuesday.
Usheoritse Itsekiri returned at a time of 10.23secs to lose
the men’s 100m surprisingly to Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme who finished at
10.14secs while Namibia’s Hainuca Gilbert took the bronze with a time of
10.25secs.
Nigeria’s other entrant in the men’s 100m, Emmanuel Ekanem
returned at a time of 10.42secs to finish a distant fourth.
In the Africa Games women’s 100m, Olayinka Olajide could
only muster a third place finish to win bronze with a time of 11.55secs behind
Miriam Bittaye of Gambia who won the gold with 11.36secs and Alyse Miccoy of
Liberia whose 11.49secs gave her the silver medal.