The 12.12secs record set by Tobi Amusan in the semifinal of women’s 100m hurdles at the 2022 World Championships in Oregon, United States, on July 24, has been ratified as a world record by the World Athletics (WA).

In a statement issued by the world athletics body, Amusan’s feat has now been officially recognized as a world record.

After clocking an African record of 12.40secs in the 100m hurdles heats, the world was put on notice that 25-year-old Amusan was capable of something special.

The next day, she ran 12.12 (0.9m/s) in the semi-finals to improve the world record of 12.20 that had been set by USA’s Kendra Harrison in London in 2016. Amusan was not done there, though, and she followed that remarkable performance with a wind-assisted 12.06 (2.5m/s) to win the final.

“The goal was to come out and to win this gold,” she said. “Honestly, I believe in my abilities, but I was not expecting a world record at these championships,” the Commonwealth Games champion said.

With this development, Amusan now holds the world record as the best female hurdler in the world.