World Athletics Championships: Amike predicts what will happen to Tobi Amusan

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World Athletics Championships: Amike predicts what will happen to Tobi Amusan

Henry Amike, an ex-olympian, on Tuesday, said Tobi Amusan’s recent travail could propel her to victory at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

He said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, urging Amusan to put behind her the suspension saga by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

The panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, found that Amusan had not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within 12 months.

He said the suspension saga could spur Amusan into breaking the record set at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S.

“As athletes, we react to things differently. Her recent travail could actually encourage her to clock a good time and break her own record.

“The effect of the recent drama is more psychological than physical. Once her mind can take control of the fact that she deserves to be in Hungary, she will pull through.

“Not every trauma brings out the negative. I hope she has the support that she needs at the moment because that will go a long way; she needs good people that believe in her around her at the moment,” he said.