Tobi Amusan Named Africa’s Best Female Athlete Of 2022
Nigeria’s Tobiloba Amusan has been named Africa’s Best Female Athlete for the Year 2022.
The latest honour was conferred on Amusan by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) on Tuesday.
Winner at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she set a record and also the World Championships in Oregon, where she set a new World Record of 12.12s in the Hurdles event, Amusan has been far above her contemporaries this year.
She also won the Diamond League trophy for the second successive season, highlighting her rating as one of the world’s best and Africa’s undisputed number one at the moment.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon and Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey who are both world champions in the 1500m and 1000m were ranked second and third respectively behind Amusan who has enjoyed a phenomenal year.
Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco emerged as the continent’s best male athlete
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