IAAF Championship: Amusan reaches 100m Hurdles final

IAAF Championship: Amusan reaches 100m Hurdles final

Oluwatobiloba Amusan has qualified for the final of the 100m Hurdles after emerging tops in heat I of the semi-finals at the ongoing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World U-20 Championship, Loadedcamp.com reports.

Amusan won her race with a time of 12.99 secs.

He finished ahead of U.S. Alexis Duncan who posted a time of 13.02 secs and Alicia Barrett of Great Britain's time of 13.34 secs.

Amusan's season and personal best is 12.83 secs recorded in El Paso, Texas in April.

Amusan will confront Tia Jones of U.S. who returned a time 13.09 secs, Rushelle Burton of Jamaica who ran 13.59 secs and Elvira Herman of Belarus who returned 12.97secs.

Laura Vallete of France also qualified after posting a time of 13.23 secs, and Taylor Bieldt of South Africa qualified with a time 13.35sec.

The final will take place on Sunday at the Zawisza Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland.

The Nigeria's U-20 4x100m men's relay team did not qualify for the final.

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