Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on Tuesday evening cruised to the semi-final of the 100m women hurdles in far away Budapest, Hungary.
In her first race on Tuesday evening, Amusan won Heat 5 of the 100m hurdles, qualifying for Wednesday’s semi-finals in style.
The 26-year-old Nigerian only got the green light to compete in the championships last week after being cleared over an alleged breaking of the dope-testing whereabouts rule.
“I’m just thankful I’m here in Budapest and able to race, using my talent,” said Amusan.
“It is not been the best but I’m here.
“I tried to stay as relaxed as possible (through all the uncertainty) and do what my coach tells me. So here I am.”
Harrison was the one who took the eye as she bids to turn two silvers (the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, 2019 world championships) into gold.
The 30-year-old American’s time was just three hundredths of a second outside her personal best, which was when she broke the world record in London in 2016.
“Across the five Heats decided on Tuesday, Amusan’s winning time was the third fastest.
United States, Kendra Harrison, had the fastest time in the Heats; she ran a world lead time of 12.24 seconds to win Heat 3.
Devynne Charlton from the Bahamas finished second in Heat 3 with a time of 12.41 seconds which is also a new National Record
Amusan after scaling AIU’s whereabouts failure hurdle will compete in heat 2 in Wednesday’s semi-final race.