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Jamaican veteran sprinter and the current World record holder in the 100m (Male Category) Usain Bolt has congratulated Nigerian prodigy and rave of the moment Tobi Amusan on her feat in the 100m hurdle at the just concluded World Athletics championship in Oregon, USA.
Recall that Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championship when she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday within 12.06 seconds.
Before her triumph at the World Athletics championship, Tobi had failed to get to the podium finish twice when she finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics and the World Athletics Championship held in Doha in 2019
Amusan had earlier broken the world record in the semi-finals, where she clocked 12.12sec
Quoting a tweet confirming Tobi’s win at the semis by the World Athletics official page, Bolt lauded the champion.
“Congrats,” he tweeted with emoticons of the Nigerian flag and applauses.
After her performance in the finals, the Jamaican athlete also wrote, “Superb #Tobi.”
