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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Gambia\u2019s and African best female sprinter, Gina Bass stated that she felt so amazing winning the women\u2019s 100m contest at the African Championships in Cote d\u2019Or, Mauritius last Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Bass became the first athlete from The Gambia to win a senior continental title after finishing the line at 11.06 seconds. The Gambia\u2019s track queen made this history after contesting in the five-day championships, which got under way last Wednesday 8 June until Sunday 12, June 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really thank god for this. It\u2019s been a long time that I\u2019ve been waiting for this,\u201d said Gina Bass who was reacting to her victory.<\/p>\n

She said that God really answered her prayers with good weather, noting that because the morning weather was too much compared to that of the evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thanked god that the evening weather during the race was much better than the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gina Bass, who now gained an automatic qualification to the World Athletics championship in Oregon, added that she\u2019s hoping for the best in the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 finals.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s 100m race was one of the tightest battles of the championships, but world 200m finalist Bass emerged victorious in a wind-assisted 11.06 from Niger\u2019s Aminatou Seyni (11.09) and South Africa\u2019s Carina Horn (11.14).<\/p>\n

The Tubakuta-born Olympian, Bass had improved her own national record to 11.08 (0.1m\/s) in the semifinals. The Niger\u2019s sprinter Aminatou Seyni won the other semifinal in a wind-assisted 11.05 (3.2m\/s) but Bass prevailed in the showdown between the pair in the final on Thursday (9).<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. Gambia\u2019s and African best female sprinter, Gina Bass stated that she felt so amazing winning the women\u2019s 100m contest at the African Championships in Cote d\u2019Or, Mauritius last Thursday. The 27-year-old Bass became the first athlete from The Gambia to win a senior continental title after finishing the line at 11.06 seconds. 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