Nigeria, Sept. 9 -- Nigeria's Tobi Amusan set a new African record in the 100m Hurdles event after storming to a winning time of 12.42s in the Diamond League final meet held in Zurich on Thursday.

Amusan's winning time erases Glory Alozie's previous feat of 12.44s set in 1999 and also saw her become the first Nigerian to ever win a Diamond League title.

The petite sprint hurdler is expected to pocket USD 30,000 in prize money as well as getting a wild card for next year's World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S.AA.

Since her agonising miss at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where she missed out on a medal as widely expected, Amusan has shown great composure and tenacity.

PREMIUM TIMES at the weekend reported how Amusan emerged tops at th...