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It was a second gold medal for Team Nigeria athletics on Friday as Oluwatobiloba Amusan won the women’s 100m Hurdles ahead of Jamaica’s Danielle Williams and Yanique Thomas.
The 21-year-old won in 12.68s, just 0.03s shy of the Games record of 12.65s set by Jamaica’s Brigitte Foster-Hylton in 2006.
Suwaibidu Galadima won Nigeria’s first gold medal in athletics in the T47 race as he finished ahead of England’s James Arnott and Jamaica’s Tevaughn Thomas.
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