Amusan drops from 10th to 24th in latest World rankings
Former World 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan has dropped from the 10th spot she was just before the start of the World Athletics Championships which ended
on Sunday in Budapest, Hungary to 24th in the post Championships overall women’s World Rankings released Tuesday by World Athletics.
The world 100m hurdles record holder also lost her number one spot in the event to reigning Olympic champion, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.
Amusan’s drop may not be unconnected with her inability to make it to the podium in Budapest.
The Nigerian ended 2022 ranked number one in the 100m hurdles and fifth in the overall women’s rankings after stunning the whole world with an incredible
12.12 seconds World record run on her way to a historic gold medal win at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.
Meanwhile, Ese Brume has improved from 223rd before the World Championships in Budapest to 142nd best in the world in the overall women’s rankings and from
seventh to fifth in the long jump event.
Brume’s rise became necessary after finishing fourth in the long jump event in Budapest.
The African long jump record holder, like Amusan, was rankd the 61st best in the overall women’s rankings and third in her event at the end of last year
following her silver medal win at the World indoor and outdoor championships in Belgrade, Serbia and Oregon, USA respectively.
Meanwhile, World 100m semifinalist, Rosemary Chukwuma is now the highest ranked Nigerian in the women’s 100m (58) with Tima Godbless (99) the other Nigerian
sprinter in the top 100m of the event.
In the 200m, Favour Ofili, once ranked the 14th best in the event has now improved to 32nd after dropping to 35th before the championships.
Reigning Nigeria men’s 100m champion, Ushoritse Ishekiri is the number one ranked man in the event (41st), followed by Godson Oghenebrume (44th), Seye
Ogunlewe (42nd), Favour Ashe (54th) and Udodi Onwuzurike (60th).
Onwuzurike is however the best Nigerian in the 200m and ranked the 19th best in the world despite not competing at the World Championships.
The World Athletics ranking system is such that athletes score points based on a combination of result and place depending on the level of the competition in
which the result is achieved.
The ranking is then based on their average score over a certain number of competitions in a defined period of time.
