Tobi Amusan, the defending champion, has apologized to her fans after losing the global women’s 100m hurdles title to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams in a shock victory on Thursday at the global Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
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Williams, who earlier won in Beijing in 2015, won in 12.43 seconds, beating out Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico (12.44sec) and Kendra Harrison of the United States (12.46sec).
Amusan and Nia Ali, the 2019 winner, were never in contention, finishing sixth and last, respectively.
Amusan told reporters after the race that she will return stronger the next year.
Despite everything she had been through in the previous few weeks, she described her path to the final as “a journey.”
Amusan said, “I just want to say a huge thank you to those who have 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.
“Yeah, it is a tough one; nobody likes to lose but considering what I have gone through in the past couple of months, I am so grateful that I came out.”