Tobi Amusan x Shericka Jackson: The sismance relationship Nigerian hurdling queen has with female track stars

Tobi Amusan x Shericka Jackson: The sismance relationship Nigerian hurdling queen has with female track stars

Funmilayo Fameso 21:09 - 14.05.2024

Here's a compilation of Amusan's sismance with other female track stars that's in public attention.

Nigerian hurdling queen Tobi Amusan has a lovely sismance relationship with other female track stars, and from what was seen at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational, she's a good friend of sprint star Shericka Jackson.

Amusan was present at the Jamaica Invitational, where she won the women's 100mH event in an impressive world-leading time of 12.40s, thus defeating homegirl and reigning world champion Danielle Williams.

Tobi Amusan defeated world champion Danielle Williams at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational

Her performance was one of the highlights of the meet based on how she won the race from a poor start but recovered timely to outrun her peers, which gave the vibes that she may be in her World Record shape of two years ago.

While this caught fans' attention, another catchy moment was Jackson specifically going to look for Amusan during one of her interviews to give her lovely a sismance hug that lasted a few seconds. 

It further proves the relationship the Nigerian has with her female colleagues. Based on this, here's a compilation of Amusan's sismance with other female track stars in public attention.

Tobi Amusan x Danielle Williams

Their relationship is one of the most beautiful in athletics. Despite being fierce rivals, they're best friends outside any competition.

Both hurdling queens caught public attention after Amusan clocked the 100mH WR of 12.12s at the 2022 World Championships in Oregon and followed it up by winning the title. Williams was the first to congratulate her openly and even showed her adoration of how happy she was for her friend during her interviews.

Tobi Amusan and Danielle Williams

"Tobi is one of my best friends in the circuit. She was frustrated when she finished fourth in Doha (2019 World Championships) and the Olympics in Japan and almost quit the sport. It was terrible for her," said Williams.

"Her performance today is an inspiration for me because it is not easy to come out strong after all she has gone through. To see her do this now is amazing," she concluded.

The following year in Budapest, Williams will claim the world title, of which the Amusan will return the favour that she was happy her friend won over anyone else.

Tobi Amusan and Sha'Carri Richardson

A brewing friendship no one saw coming, considering they compete in different events.

Richardson was the only athlete to openly support Amusan during her alleged doping violation case with the AIU. The world's fastest woman posted pictures of the WR holder on her Instagram stories and one of the captions read:

"If you don't know which a lot of y'all do not, SHUT UP," she wrote.

Fast forward to the American track star's birthday earlier this year, Amusan penned a lovely birthday message to the world 100m champion.

She shared a picture of Richardson on her Instagram story with the caption: "Happiest of birthdays to this amazing, fierce, and beautiful soul."

Richardson reposted the beautiful message on her story saying: "Thank you so much from a phenomenal woman as well."

It's good to witness Amusan have several beautiful friendships with different female colleagues, which shows how infectious her personality is on and off track.

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