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Olayinka Olajide won three medals, the highest by any Nigerian at the athletics event of the 2023 African Games to announce herself as the latest speedster in Nigeria and Africa. Bronze in the 100m women, Silver in the 200m women, and gold in the women’s 4X100m relay gave her the honour of three medals at …
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Tobi Amusan marked her return to indoor athletics by setting a new African record in the 60m hurdles at the Astana Indoor Meet, Kazakhstan. Amusan stormed to a scintillating Personal Best of 7.77s, breaking Glory Alozie’s AR of 7.82s in the women’s 60m Hurdles, set 25 years ago in Madrid. Currently, the world’s record holder …
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.What a year 2023 has been for an average Nigerian, the country’s masses started the year looking for where to get cash because of the scarcity of the currency due to a brouhaha between the former CBN governor and the court over the change of new naira notes. So, when an average Nigerian tells you …
Tobi Amusan wins heat 5 to finish 1st with a time of 12.48s to set her World Athletics Championship 100m hurdles title defense on the way. Amusan wins the heat despite a slow start from the gun but her tail-end speed compensated for the start, overtaking the Jamaican Megan tapper in the last 20m to …
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A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within 12 months. Amusan’s provisional suspension has now been lifted with immediate effect. According to reports, two of the whereabouts violations were struck out by an independent committee. This means …
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The AIU confirms that it has charged and provisionally suspended Tobi Amusan (NGR) for three Whereabouts Failures. The Charge will be heard by the Disciplinary Tribunal and determined before the World Athletics Championships. Furthermore, under the athletics integrity unit rules, three missed tests is taken as a failed drugs test and can lead to a …
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Tobi Amusan will compete in Nigeria for the first time since breaking the 100mH World Record at the 2023 Nigeria Athletics Trials in Benin. Amusan was in Ostrava last Tuesday, Lausanne on Friday, Stockholm on Sunday, and now in Benin for the national trials. The Nigeria Athletics Trials holding at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, will …
National Record (NR) holder in the women’s Long Jump, Ese Brume, and sprint hurdler Tobi Amusan, tops the 22 selected athletes by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) for the World Championships in Eugene, USA. Brume Amusan Leading The Stellar Cast Brume, a Bronze medallist at the 2019 edition in Doha, will be aiming to …
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