World Champion Tobi Amusan Races To New 100m Personal Best In Florida, Fastest By An African Woman In 2023

 World Champion Tobiloba Amusan competed in her first 100m hurdles race of 2023 at the Tom Jones Invitational in Florida also at the weekend.

She secured a second-place finish with a time of 12.59 seconds.

Nia Ali narrowly won the race with a 12.53s performance.

Amusan began her journey by winning her heat in 12.74s, outpacing Devynne Charlton, who later claimed third place in the final with a time of 12.64s.

Amusan was back on the track just hours later to set a new personal best in the women’s 100m sprint, clocking an impressive 11.10s.

Tobi Amusan ran her first race over the 100m hurdles in 2023 at the Tom Jones Invitational, powering through to notch a 2nd place finish in 12.59s! Nia Ali managed to edge the race in 12.53s (1.4).

Amusan had started off, clocking 12.74s to win her heat ahead of Devyne Charlton who later came 3rd in the final with 12.64s.

Making another round on the track a few hours later, she powered to a new Personal Best (PB) of 11.10s (1.6) in the women’s 100m flat, making her the fastest African woman this season, both over 100m and 100m hurdles!