‘It’s a tough one, but I’ll be back stronger,’ Amusan says after finishing 6th in Budapest

World record holder, Tobi Amusan, says losing the world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest, is tough, but expressed optimism that she would come back stronger.

The Nigerian sprinter in an interview with journalists after the game said it was 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,” she said.

“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.”

Defending champion Tobi Amusan lost her world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in a shock win at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

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.