The Nation Newspaper Third African Games 100mh gold excites ‘proud’ Amusan
has defended her false start en route to her success in the final of the women’s 100m hurdle event at the ongoing 13Amusan said she got momentarily distracted by the thousands of fans chanting her name at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium but added that she recovered quickly to win the race and still returned to the tracks to help Team Nigeria win gold in the 4×100m race.
The world’s record holder also expressed her delight at winning her third gold medal in a row for Team Nigeria at the African Games.She also faulted the opinion in some quarters that she should have skipped the African Games like other highly rated athletes did, adding that it’s an honour to compete at the 13“This is a national assignment and I see no reason why I shouldn’t be here. I run for a living. I don’t know why people expect me to choose the competitions that I need to compete at.
She got a yellow card, lined up again and when the gun went off for the second time, she made the race her own from start to finish, clocking a time of 12.89 second.
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