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Ernest Victor
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It is official: Tobi Amusan will not be representing Nigeria at the 100m hurdles final at the 2024 Olympics as the country’s athletes remain without a medal so far.
From the start of the 2024 Olympics, Tobi Amusan has been the country’s major medal prospect, giving Nigerians hope of winning a medal after qualifying for the semi-final by winning her heat.
Recall that she made it to the semi-final with a time of 12.49s ahead of America’s Alaysha Johnson (12.61s) and Janeek Brown (12.84s).
But in the semi-final earlier today, the current world record holder in 100m hurdles had a very slow start, which worked against her. The Ogun State-born athlete had to put in extra effort to finish third in the race.
United States’ Grace Stark won the heat in 12.39s, Jamaica’s Devynne Charlton came second in 12.50s, while Tobi Amusan came third with 12.55s.
Initially, Nigerians thought she could qualify as one of the fastest losers but that wasn’t to be as she finished 9th fastest overall.
Nigerians react to Tobi Amusan’s exit from the 2024 Olympics:
@bablobabintin20 wrote on X: “Tobi Amusan’s failure to qualify for the finals marks the end of me watching this year’s Olympics #ParisOlympics2024”.
@Leged45 wrote: “The 4 x 400 men team was disqualified after South Africa appealed for lane breach and won
Tobi Amusan fails to make it to the Finals after a disappointing 9th place in the semis. Nigeria leaves without a medal. Our problems follow us everywhere.”
@OgaNlaMedia wrote: “God if na sin, forgive us. We need a medal at the #OlympicGames. Sad. I am weak. Tobi Amusan. Unbelievable.”
@stanwalka wrote: “My heart goes out to @FavOfili and Tobi Amusan. The weight/burden of a nation is not easy to carry. #Queens. We blame @officialABATfor this woeful performance by #TeamNigeria if people are not sacked or jailed after this Olympics.”
@vincenteke2O wrote: “Na so we no see any medal, not even bronze. This Tobi Amusan own pain me like mad.”
@Callme_sammyb shared: “We have a country of over 200m population and we could not even win a single medal in the olympics…this is to show you the level incompetence and politics in the nigerian athletics federation…”
@hayaatou: wrote: “Sending loads of love to Tobi Amusan. We are super proud of you.”
@ayo_coder shared: “I keep thinking about how Tobi Amusan would be feeling right now
“Like everyone expected her to win gold for Nigeria and she probably just felt the pressure
“Hearing the French lady who qualified in her stead,stepped out of her lane and might be disqualified tho.”
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