Tobi Amusan Is The Real Deal; Wins Gold At Commonwealth Games, Sets New Record

Nigerian super athlete, and golden girl, Tobi Amusan has set another record by winning the 100 meters hurdles gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

The 25-year-old clocked 12.30 seconds to set a new games record. This is  coming two weeks after she became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon, USA.

Amusan, smashed the world 100 meters hurdle record in an astonishing semi-final where she clocked 12.12sec, powered over the line in the finals in 12.06sec. She also led a strong quartet of Favour Ofili, Rose Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha to win the 4x100m women`s relay race. They set a new African record of 42.10s.