Tobi Amusan Breaks Record, Becomes 1st Nigerian to Be Nominated for Prestigious International Award

• World Athletics has nominated Nigerian star Tobi Amusan for the 2022 award for best female athlete
• Amusan has been wonderful this year for Nigeria, in all the competitions the 25-year-old has featured in
• Recently, Amusan was honoured by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state who gave the athlete a house and cash

Tobi Amusan has broken another record in her career. She has been nominated by the World Athletics for the award for the Best Female Athlete of 2022.

Indeed, the year 2022 has been a glorious year for Amusan, who has recorded her name in gold while representing Nigeria in various competitions.

At the World Athletics Championship in Oregon, USA, Amusan made Nigerians proud in the 100 metre event by winning gold.

She repeated the same feat at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the United Kingdom, where she also won gold for Nigeria.

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A tweet by World Athletics features a picture of Amusan, asking fans to retweet and vote for the Nigerian superstar.

Amusan has now become the first Nigerian athlete in history to be nominated for the Athlete of the Year Award by World Athletics.

The nominees were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of the athletics federation.

A three-way voting process will determine the five finalists on October 31.

Tobi Amusan's reaction to critical comments over her world record

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Tobi Amusan finally reacted to Michael Johnson’s remarks, shortly after she broke the world record in the Women’s 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the USA.

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The 25-year-old stunned the world with her performance in the semi-final heat with a time of 12.12 seconds.

She went on to record an even faster time in the final. However, the mark of 12.06 seconds did not count for the record books because the wind speed was over the legal limit.

Although amazed by the feat, legendary sprinter Michael Johnson expressed doubts over the timing of the semi-final race.

World Athletics has now ratified that Amusan’s 12.12-second record at the championships makes her the official record holder.