Tobi Amusan eyes bigger records in 2025
02 January 2025 |
5:16 am
Reigning world record holder in 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan looks to be in a hurry for the 2025 athletics season to start. Amusan, who is the reigning Nigeria, African and Commonwealth champion, had a poor 2024 season after failing to make it to the final at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Reigning world record holder in 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan looks to be in a hurry for the 2025 athletics season to start. Amusan, who is the reigning Nigeria, African and Commonwealth champion, had a poor 2024 season after failing to make it to the final at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The Nigerian returned to training in September 2024 under a new coach, Glen Mills, who coached Usain Bolt to multiple 100m and 200m world records and back-to-back Olympics 100/200m wins at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Mills also coached Bolt to win multiple World Athletics Championships gold medals.
Amusan’s decision to change from Lacena Golding-Clarke, the former Commonwealth 100m hurdles champion to Mills may not be unconnected with her desire to return to the top of the event like she did at Oregon 2022, where she set the 12.12sec world record on her way to making history as the first Nigerian to win a World outdoor title. She has sent a cryptic message ahead of the 2025 track and field season.
“I don’t care if it sounds unrealistic, it’s gonna happen…,” Amusan wrote on her X page, @Evaglobal01 on the eve of 2025. The message, according to SportsNow.com is open to different interpretations.
“Could it mean Amusan is eager to reclaim the World 100m hurdles title she lost at Budapest 2023 when the competition makes its 20th stop in Tokyo, Japan in September 2025?,” the news platform asked.
“Or, is Amusan working to fulfil Colin Jackson, former World 110m record holder’s prediction that the petite Nigerian can run 12 seconds flat over the high hurdles, thereby breaking her own World record?.”
Amusan could also be challenging for Bahamian, Devynee Charlton’s 7.65 world 50m hurdles record just a year after the Nigerian ran 7.75 to break the 7.82 African record Glory Alozie’s record in 1999.
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