Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, on Friday failed to reach the final of the women’s 100m hurdles event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The world record holder, clocked 12.55 seconds to finish third in the first heat of the event’s semi-final on Friday.
Amusan had a poor start off the block in lane six of her heat. She was a couple of meters behind her opponents by the first few hurdles.
She attempted a recovery in the latter stage of the race but had fallen too far behind and came third-place finish.
The upset came in the third and final heat. Jaimaca’s Ackera Nugent and Samba-Mayela Cyrena of France finished fourth and fifth in the heat with times of 12.44 seconds and 12.52 seconds each.
