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World record holder, Tobi Amusan has been dethroned by Puerto Rico sprinter, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn at the just concluded Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.
Camacho-Quinn finished ahead of Amusan with a time of 12.34secs to coast home to victory in the 100m hurdles at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on Friday.
Nigeria’s Amusan finished second in the race with a time of 12.45secs a far cry from her 12.12 seconds at the World Athletic Championship where she set the World Record, America’s Tia Jones finished third with 12.47 secs.
The race was much anticipated as it was the first time Amusan, would be running against the Puerto Rican and USA’s Kendra Harrison after breaking the Word Record at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene last month.
The 25-year-old had run a time of 12.12secs in the semi-final to break Harrison’s world record time of 12.20secs in the semi-final, before defending her Commonwealth Games title in Birmingham, UK, setting a games record of 12.30secs to claim gold.
Recall that Amusan won the Diamond League final last year thus becoming the first Nigerian ever to ever record such feat.
Amusan broke Glory Alozie’s long standing 23-year African record with a time of 12.42secs to win the diamond league lasy year.
She placed first ahead of Dutch Nadine Visser, who finished second in a time of 12.51secs. 2020 Olympics bronze medallist, Megan Tapper, from Jamaica, placed third in 12.55secs.
While Amusan will not be featuring at the Brussels Diamond League on September 2, which has both Camacho-Quinn and Harrison on the line-up, the trio is expected to go head-to-head again at the Diamond League final in Zurich on September 8.
Amusan inspired Team Nigeria to a seventh place finish with 35 medals, 12 gold, nine silver, and 14 bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The sprinter also led the team’s 4×100 relay team to win Gold at the just concluded commonwealth games held in the Birmingham United Kingdom.