Following her defeat to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has stated that she will be back stronger.
PUNCH METRO reported that Williams won the title in a season-best of 12.43s while Olympic champion, Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn came second in 12.44s and USA Kendra Harrison came third in 12.46s while World champion, Amusan came 6th in 12.62s in her third consecutive final.
Amusan told journalists after the race that it had been “a journey getting into the final,” despite everything she had been through in the previous several weeks.
“It has been God, my team and my family,” the 2022 gold winner told reporters.
She thanked all her fans for supporting her through the ups and downs, promising that she will be back stronger.
Amusan hopes to get her “medal” back next year.
“Yeah, it’s a tough one; nobody likes to lose but considering what I have gone through in the past couple of months, I’m so grateful that I came out,” she said.
Recall that the Athletics Integrity Unit provisionally suspended the Nigerian track and field athlete for three missed whereabouts failures.
Amusan was suspended when it was determined that he had missed three drug tests in a 12-month span. Even if an athlete has never failed a drug test, this offence carries a two-year suspension.
However after it’s investigation, the Disciplinary Tribunal announced the verdict which stated, “Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period”.
