Amusan makes Commonwealth Games history, wins 100m Hurdles gold as Adekuoroye, others smile to the bank
From George Aluo, Birmingham
Tobiloba Ayomide Amusan has made history as the first Nigerian track and field athlete and the second in history to successfully defend a Commonwealth Games 100m hurdles title.
The petite, 25 year old also set a new 12.30 seconds Games Record on the way to winning the event’s gold.
Amusan, the reigning World champion and world record holder in the event also became the first Nigerian track and field athlete to win gold at two editions of the Games.
With the gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Amusan has now become the only Nigerian athlete in history to complete a grand slam of titles at the continental, Commonwealth and world levels after winning gold at the 22nd African Athletics championships in Mauritius in June and the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA last month.
Meanwhile, another set of Team Nigeria athletes, mostly the wrestlers and the powerlifters, who won medals at the ongoing Commonwealth Games received their cash rewards from the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development on Saturday in Birmingham.
This is the second set of medal winning athletes and their coaches to be rewarded at the Commonwealth Games.
At a brief ceremony at their camps on Saturday, the Chef De Mission of Team Nigeria, Dr Simon Ebhojiaye and some top Sports Ministry officials thanked the athletes and their coaches while presenting them with the cash rewards.
Recall that the sum of Twenty Five thousand dollars ($25,000) was given to the first set of athletes and their coaches who were majorly the weightlifters.
Among those in the second set of athletes are Gold medal winners, Odunayo Adekuoroye, Blessing Oborududu and Mercy Genesis.
