CAS dismisses WADA, World Athletics appeal for Sanction Against Tobi Amusan
The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) dismissed the appeal for sanction sought by World Athletics and WADA against Nigerian athlete Tobiloba Amusan.
The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) dismissed the appeal for sanction sought by World Athletics and WADA against Nigerian athlete Tobiloba Amusan.
World record-holder Tobi Amusan from Nigeria wins her third consecutive 100m hurdles title at the African Games in Accra 2023
An initiative of the women’s 100m hurdles world record holder Tobi Amusan and quarter-miler Abiola Onakoya, the 2023 Tobi/Abiola Sprint and Relays Meet will hold in Ijebu-Ode from 3-4 November.
All the latest news, action highlights and behind the scene gists about African athletes at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 – from 19-27 August, 2023.
The newly-minted women’s 100m hurdles world champion only got into hurdling through a quirk of fate, having started out as a sprinter and long jumper as a youngster in Nigeria.
WATCH – Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan wins the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles final in a ‘world record time’, albeit windy, 12.06 (+2.5m/s) at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan wins gold, her compatriot Ese Brume, Jacob Krop and Mary Moraa of Kenya, and Uganda’s Oscar Chelimo scoop minor medals on final day at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 on Sunday July 24.
Nigerian dynamite Tobi Amusan put together a flawless race to set a new world record of 12.12 secs in the 100m hurdles semifinals at World Athletics Championships Oregon22.
Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay takes gold in women’s 5,000m; Kenyan Emmanuel Korir triumph in the men’s 800m; Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso soars to triple jump silver while Tobiloba Amusan smashes the African record in women’s 100m hurdles heats on Day 9 at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.
Team Nigeria to Maurice 2022 includes four defending African champions and World medallists such as: Ese Brume (Long Jump), Tobiloba Amusan (100m hurdles), Chioma Onyekwere (Discus Throw) and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (Shot Put).
WATCH – Nigerian hurdler Tobiloba Amusan chats with journalists after her second place finish at the Wanda Diamond League 2022 season opener in Doha, Qatar.
Photo Gallery of the Ooredoo Doha Meeting, first leg of the Wanda Diamond League 2022, held on Friday 13 May 2022 in Doha, Qatar.
The first edition of the Amusan/Onakoya Athletics Meeting will hold on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the Ijebu-Ode International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode.
Oluwatobiloba Amusan wins Nigeria’s first ever sprint hurdles gold in a time of 12.68 secs, beating Jamaica’s duo Danielle Williams (12.78) and Yanique Thompson (12.97) into the minor places at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on Friday.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday announced a team of 37 athletes (20 female and 17 male) for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia from 4-15 April.
Commonwealth Games double sprint champion, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor and NCAA 100m hurdles champion Tobiloba Amusan will lead the Nigerian team comprising of 12 athletes to the IAAF World Championships London 2017 from August 4 to 13.
Kenya’s Grace Wanjiru smashed the women’s 20km race walking championship record, Nigeria bagged three gold medals, Botswana’s Isaac Makwala and Zambia’s Kabange Mupopo dominate 400m on day 3 at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo on Tuesday.