Tobi Amusan of Nigeria broke the world record in the women’s 100-meter hurdles Sunday with a time of 12.12 seconds, but the validity of the record has been called into question.
Amusan’s time, set in the semifinals at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, broke the old record of 12.20 by 0.08 seconds.
Tobi Amusan entered the 2022 World Athletics Championships as a medal contender after back-to-back 4th place finishes.
In the heats she ran an African record of 12.40s, bettering her old record by 0.01s.
In the semifinal, she set a new world record of 12.12s.
She bested her time once again in the final, running 12.06s (2.5m/s wind assisted, thus not a legal WR), becoming the first Nigerian world champion at the World Athletics Championships.
