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Soccer News of Friday, 25 August 2023

Source: www.mynigeria.com

'I am sorry I let you down' - Amusan finally reacts to 100m world title defeat

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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has reacted to her loss at the world women’s 100m hurdles finals.

The former champion lost her crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest.

She told journalists that she would be back stronger next year.

It was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone through in the last couple of weeks.

“I Just want to say a huge thank you to who has been supporting me through the ups and downs, Ya’ll stood by me, kept praying for me, God Bless you all, I am sorry I might have let you all down, but we will back stronger definitely.

“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.

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.