The PUNCH reported that Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championship when she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday within 12.06 seconds.

Amusan had earlier broken the world record in the semi-finals, where she clocked 12.12sec.

Quoting a tweet confirming Tobi’s win at the semis by the World Athletics official page, Bolt lauded the champion.

“Congrats,” he tweeted with emoticons of the Nigerian flag and applauses.

After her performance in the finals, the Jamaican athlete also wrote, “Superb #Tobi.”

Back in 2015, she broke Usain Bolt’s record.

The Guinness World Record certificate indicates that Blessing has the most appearances in Diamond League meetings, having participated at 67 Diamond League events between July 3, 2010, and August 31, 2018.

Sharing a photo of her certificate to Instagram, Blessing wrote: “A dream made a reality through God’s grace and determination. ”

A radio station in Jamaica, reports that Usain Bolt has contracted the disease and will spend time in self-isolation as a result. The publication added that the 34-year-old took a test for the virus a few days ago and discovered on Sunday that he had tested positive for the disease

Bolt recently celebrated his birthday party that was attended by a host of big stars including Manchester City star Raheem Sterling and Bayer Leverkusen attacker Leon Bailey and cricketer Chris Gayle.

The Caribbean island has recorded a total of 1,413 cases of coronavirus and 16 deaths from the deadly disease.