Nigeria’s track queen Tobi Amusan continued her fine form in the ongoing track season as she powered to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles event at the Golden Spike meet, which took place at the Mestský Stadion in Ostrava, Czechia on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old, who came into the event off the back an impressive outing at the Paris Diamond League last weekend, showed why she was deemed the favourite by cruising to an easy victory as she crossed line in first place in a time of 12.45s.
Amusan won the race ahead of Slovakia’s Viktoria Forster, who came second in a season’s best time of 12.74s. Sarah Lavin of Republic of Ireland crossed the line in third place, also setting a season’s best time of 12.76s in the race.
Elsewhere, Bahrain quartermiler Salwa Eid Naser powered to a Meet Record of 49.15s to win the women’s 400m at the Ostrava Golden Spike ahead of American Lynna Irby-Jackson who finished second in 49.82s, while Dutchwoman Femke Bol came third in 49.98s.
Australian 17-year-old Gout Gout set a new lifetime best, a new national and Oceania record of 20.02s to win the men’s 200m. He defeated Puerto Rico’s Reynier Mena who ran 20.19s in second place and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake of Great Britain who ended up in third with a time of 20.60s.
World record holder in the men’s pole vault Mondo Duplantis set a new Meet Record leap of 6.13m to win the event with ease. Emmanouil Karalis of Greece was second with a leap of 5.92m, while Australia’s Kurtis Marschall placed third after jumping 5.82m.
One of the shocks of the evening came in the men’s 110m hurdles, which saw Dylan Beard beat his fellow countryman Grant Holloway in a photo-finish time 13.13s to first position, while Austria’s Enzo Diessl settled for third place in a time of 13.25s.
The women’s 100m event was won by Liberia’s Thelma Davies, who clocked a surprise personal best and a national record time of 10.91s. Ivory Coast veteran sprinter Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith came second in a time of 10.92s, while New Zealand’s Zoe Hobbs set a new national record of 10.94s to place third.