Paris Olympics: Tobi Amusan misses Women’s Olympics 100m hurdles final spot

Tobi Amusan has failed to progress into the final of the women’s 100 meters hurdles.

The 27-year-old clocked 12.55 seconds to finish third in the first heat of the event’s semi-final on Friday.

She was placed outside the two automatic qualification spots and later edged to the non-automatic slots by athletes in other heats.

Amusan had a poor start off the block in lane six of her heat. She was a couple of meters behind her opponents by the first few hurdles.

She attempted a recovery in the latter stage of the race but had fallen too far behind and could only dip for an agonising third-place finish.