Amusan Tobi Breaks The 60-Meter Hurdle Record

At the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Nigerian sprinter Tobi Amusan established a new African women’s indoor record in the 60-meter event with a time of 7.75 seconds.

The previous record of 7.77 seconds, established in Kazakhstan at the Astana Indoor Meet in January, has been surpassed by her run in Boston.

Even though she broke the previous record, she was not first in Boston; Tia Jones of America took first place with a time of 7.72 seconds, followed by Devynne Chalton of the Bahamas with a time of 7.76 seconds.

Notably, Amusan had already surpassed the African record on January 27 in her first race of the new athletic season, surpassing the record set by compatriot Gloria Alozie.”

In January, she had set a new African women’s 60-metre hurdles indoor record with a time of 7.77 seconds.

Amusan shattered fellow Nigerian, Gloria Alozie’s longstanding continental mark of 7.82 seconds set in 1999.

The 26-year-old stormed to victory in the 60m hurdles final ahead of American Nia Ali and Ireland’s Sarah Lavin.

In 2022, Amusan became the first Nigerian to win a World Athletics Championship gold. She also broke the women’s 100m hurdles world record enroute to that triumph.