Credit score: Tobi Amusan/Instagram
World 100m hurdle world record-holder Tobi Amusan will lead the Nigerian delegation on the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer season Olympics in Paris on Friday, July 26.
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Sport, made the announcement Tuesday morning. With this, Tobi turns into the first observe and area athlete in 20 years to be Nigeria’s flagbearer since Mary Onyali on the Athens 2004 Video games.
In Could, Tobi solidified her standing because the world’s quickest lady within the 100m hurdles, setting a brand new record of 12.40 seconds on the 2024 Jamaica Athletics Invitational. She defeated reigning world champion Danielle Williams of Jamaica and American Christina Clemens.
In the meantime, the NOC has appointed badminton participant Anuoluwapo Opeyori as Nigeria’s common group captain for the Paris Olympics. Anuoluwapo, who has represented Nigeria since 2017, clinched the African Championships and African Video games singles titles in 2019. He additionally competed on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
