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– Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has hailed Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan for breaking 100 meter record at the World Athletics Championship in the United States of America.
– Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon.
– And following the brilliant and incredible achievement, sports lovers around the world have been congratulating the Tobi Amusan and urging her to continue doing her best.
👏 Tobi Amusan
Continuing to put our pledges towards greater gender equality into practice.#WeGrowAthletics by proudly funding the women's world record programme at #WorldAthleticsChamps. pic.twitter.com/elhksfvQTq
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 25, 2022
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– Usain Bolt who is considered as the greatest sprinter of all-time was amazed by the record set by Tobi Amusan and he took to his official twitter page to react.
– Bolt quoted a tweet on worlds athletes page congratulating Tobi with; “Congrats 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.”
Congrats 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 https://t.co/ly9W9EAfGK
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) July 25, 2022
– Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016).
– He also won two 4 × 100 relay gold medals. He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory.
🇳🇬🏅🥹 Tears of joy for new world record holder Tobi Amusan as she collects Nigeria's first ever World Championship gold! What a moment! 🤗 pic.twitter.com/0oAjQZLOJb
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_AUS) July 25, 2022
