World Championships: Amusan sets new record as Brume, Usoro qualify for Long Jump final

Tobi Amusan has broken the African record in the 100m Hurdles event at the ongoing World Championships in Oregon.

The 25-year old won heat 3 on Saturday with a blistering 12.40s winning time to set a new African record and Nigeria’s fastest time in the history of the competition.

Amusan, who is gunning for her first World Championships medal after finishing fourth three years ago in Doha, Qatar threw down the gauntlet in her first race in the event and topped the list of qualifiers for the semifinals scheduled for the final day of the championships.

The Nigerian has now made the semifinal of the event three times which is an extension of her record as the only Nigerian female 100m hurdles runner to make the penultimate round of the competition.

Amusan has also smashed four of the six records Alozie set before switching allegiance to Spain after the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Meanwhile, the duo of Ese Brume and Ruth Usoro have  secured their spots in the long jump final tomorrow, with impressive jumps of 6.82m & 6.69m respectively.

This will be the first time Nigeria will have two long jumpers competing in the final at the World Championships.