Following Tobi Amusan’s 4th place finish at the women’s 100m hurdles final on Monday, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has commended her efforts.
“Tobi Amusan still remains one of Nigeria’s greatest competitors in athletics. She gave a good account of herself. We celebrate her exploits.
“The important thing to note is that many of our top athletes made it and are still making it to the finals in many events particularly here at the Olympics; a competition of huge magnitude where winners are separated in milliseconds. This in itself is an achievement and proof that we are in the committee of the best in respect to many sports in the world.
“This is a new and young generation that will be world beaters anyhow. We still hold hopes for medals in the remaining events we are taking part in”.
In the women’s 100m hurdles final Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won Puerto Rico’s first ever track and field gold by powering home in 12.37 seconds, edging out America’s Kendra Harrison (12.52) and Jamaica’s Megan Tapper (12.55).
“For such a small country, to give little kids hope, I’m just glad I’m the person to do that,” Camacho-Quinn said afterwards.
In a dramatic final round of the men’s long jump final, Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou used his last effort to jump 8.41m.
The mark tied that of Juan Miguel Echevarria but Tentoglou took gold by virtue of his second-best jump on the day being longer than that of his Cuban rival.
Echevarria had one more chance to leap to gold but pulled up with a hamstring problem on his run-up.
