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World Record holder in hurdles, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on Wednesday clinched Gold in the women’s 100m hurdles at the African Games in Ghana on Wednesday with an impressive time of 12.89 seconds.
Amusan survived a false -start scare to jump to victory in the women 100m hurdles.
Nevertheless, the officials decided to go easy on her and issued her a yellow card instead.
With that victory, she secured her third consecutive African Games championship.
Sidonie Fiadanantsoa of Madagascar, finished in second position with a time of 13.19 seconds.
Faith Osamuyi from Nigeria narrowly missed securing a spot on the podium, finishing in 4th place with a time of 13.77 seconds.
Amusan holds the current world record in the 100m hurdles, clocking an impressive time of 12.12 seconds.
She also inspired the 4x100m relay quartet to winning Gold shortly after her 100m hurdles race where she also won Gold.