The 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, July 15 to 24, 2022, ended with a good harvest of medals for Africa which amounts to 9 Gold, 12 Silver, 7 Bronze. In Doha, during the previous championships, the African continent counted 9 gold, 8 silver, 10 bronze.
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (25) particularly distinguished herself, writing a new page in athletics and becoming the first African woman to be crowned as world champion and world record holder in 100m Hurdles.