Commonwealth Games: Meet Oluwatobiloba Amusan, the first Nigerian to ever win gold in 100m sprint hurdles

 

Oluwatobiloba Amusan has won Nigeria’s 8th gold medal on Friday in the women’s 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletics 100m.  Amusan makes history as the first Nigerian to ever win a 100m sprint hurdles at the Commonwealth Games – ahead of Jamaica’s Danielle Williams and Yanique Thomas.

The 21-year- made April 13th,  a memorable day for Nigeria after clutching gold in the women’s 100m hurdles in a time of 12.68 at the Commonwealth Games  in 12.68s, just 0.03s shy of the Games record set by Jamaica’s Brigitte Foster-Hylton in 2006.