Tobi Amusan speaks after Jamaicas Danielle Williams clinched gold in world womens 100m hurd
Nigerias Tobi Amusan says she will be back stronger next year after she lost her world womens 100m hurdles crown to Jamaicas Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest.
In an interview with journalists after the game, Amusan said it was quite a journey getting into the final despite all she had gone through in the last couple of 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, its a tough one; nobody likes to lose but considering what I have gone through in the past couple of months, Im so grateful that I came out, she enthused.
Williams, the 30-year-old, who previously won in Beijing in 2015, timed 12.43 seconds to edge out Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico (12.44sec) with Kendra Harrison of the United States taking bronze (12.46).
Amusan and 2019 winner Nia Ali were never in the hunt, finishing sixth and last respectively.
Amusan was cleared of doping violations with the provisional suspension on her lifted ahead of the championship.
Jamaicas Danielle Williams celebrates winning the womens 100m hurdles final during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
Last month, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) provisionally suspended the Nigerian track and field athlete for three missed whereabouts failures.
The suspension was announced after it was discovered that Amusan had missed three drug tests within a 12-month period. This charge carried a two-year suspension term, even if an athlete has never failed a drug test.
Ultimately, the Disciplinary Tribunal announced the verdict which stated, Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period. (Channels TV)
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