The Queen of Track, Oluwatobiloba Amusan, has won her 100mh heat at the ongoing World Athletics Championship currently taking place in Budapest, Hungary.
The 26-year-old who was cleared Thursday last week, finished with 12.48 seconds in a blistering speed.
Recall that the AIU had temporarily banned her over Whereabouts Failures charge. She was later cleared to compete in the championship last week Thursday.
Amusan was drawn with Olympics bronze medal winner, Megan Tapper of Jamaica in the fifth and final heat of the first round.
"…TOBI AMUSAN wins heat 5 of the Women's 100m Hurdles in 12.48s ahead of others. Winning Ways!!!#WorldAthleticsChampionships
Great come back of our G.O.A.T pic.twitter.com/crjidbbS9I
— June12 Mandate (@Gen_Buhar) August 22, 2023
The reigning Nigeria, African, Commonwealth and Diamond League champion became one of the four automatic qualifiers for the semifinals.
The world record holder will be looking to successfully defend her title to complete a successful defence of all five titles she has won at national, continental and world levels.
At this stage last year, Amusan started her campaign to immortality with a 12.40 African record before smashing the 12.20 world record set by Kendra Harrison in 2016 with an incredible 12.12 run.
The petit sprint hurdler completed her astonishing run with a historic gold medal in the final, running a wind-aided 12.06 to become the first Nigerian world outdoor champion
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