There is no gainsaying the fact that the year 2022 has been a very remarkable year for Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan who has recently raised the bar of excellence for the world women 100m hurdles sprint. The Nigerian star-girl and latest world champion caught the attention of sport lovers globally with her impressive performance at the 2022 World Athletics Championships at Eugene, Oregon where she emerged as the first Nigerian athlete in history to win a world title at the World Athletic Championships.
On July 24, Amusan’s 12.12s in the women 100m hurdles semi finals in Oregon stunned the athletics world and propositioned her for a world record title having supplanted USA Kendra Harrison’s six-year-old record, 12.20s . In the finals, the Nigerian hurdler conjured up yet another brilliant performance with a 12.06s windtail assist that gave her a consummative victory in the Game.
The international governing body for the sport of athletics on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, confirmed the ratification of Tobi Amusan’s world record for 100m women hurdles at the 2022 world Championships in Oregon by the World Athletics.
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Amusan is also the current African, commonwealth and the world champion in the 100m hurdles and holds the race record in the three competitions. She successfully defended her Commonwealth Games title which she won in 2018 in Gold coast with Games record winning by 12.30s in 2022 Birmingham. She also won the Diamond League title in Zurich, Switzerland in September 8 2022, defending her title won in 2021 which made her surpass Glories Alozie 23-years-old record. Earlier in the year, she had won Gold medal for Nigeria at the African Senior Athletics Championships in Mauritus.
Amusan no doubt has had a remarkable year with amazing results in all the international competitions she’s involved in. Parading a trajectory of impressive performance both at the international and the domestic platforms, Tobi Amusan has evolved from 43rd position in the world athletics ranking in September 2021 to 5th position moving up 38 places to being included in the top 10 athletes in the world.
Tobi Amusan alongside Ese Brume, Nigeria’s long jump athlete and Silver medalist at the World Athletics 2022 and Gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games 2022, as well as other athletes that have represented Nigeria internationally this year in their respective fields have been conferred national honours including cash awards of 200million Naira during the presidential reception held at the state house, Aso Rock villa in Abuja on Thursday, September 8 2022. Decorating the athletes with the title of the Officer of the order of the Niger (OON), the president Muhammedu Buhari congratulated Tobi Amusan, Ese Brumeh and other members of the Team Nigeria 2022 cohorts for their remarkable feats that made Nigerian flag to be raised high at different platforms on the international stage.
Also at the presidential reception, the Minister for Youth and Sport, Sunday Akin Dare, remarked that 2022 remains an outstanding year in the history of Nigerian sports. According to the minister, in an event highly dominated by the Americans and Europeans, Tobi Amusan and others were able to put up impressive performances that brought glory to their nations. The minister also noted that Tobi’s remarkable performance has never been achieved by any Nigerian in the history of the nation’s sport.