Michael Johnson accused of ‘black racism’ after questioning Toby Amusan’s world record

Track legend Michael Johnson has been accused of ‘black racism’ after questioning the validity of Nigerian sprinter Tobi Amusan’s world record.

The 100m hurdler broke Kendra Harrison’s 2016 world record by 0.08 seconds on the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Sunday.

BBC pundit Johnson, who has claimed 4 Olympic golds and eight world championships golds in a stellar observe profession, was skeptical of the time clocked by Amusan and others.

‘I do not consider 100 hours is appropriate. World record damaged .08! 12 PB set. Set 5 nationwide data. And as Cindy Sember quoted after her PB/NR ‘I used to be mainly working gradual!’ All the athletes regarded shocked [sic].

‘Hit 2 was proven at our first win at 12.53. After few seconds it exhibits 12.43. Normalized rounded down by .01. .10 not.’

Later within the day at Hayward Field, Amusan turned world champion with a fair sooner time however the time didn’t depend in the direction of the record attributable to a powerful tailwind.

Johnson has been accused of being racist for doubting the accuracy of Amusan’s world record time of 12.12 seconds.

Michael Johnson questions the validity of Nigerian athlete Tobi Amusan’s world record

The BBC pundit and former observe star was accused of ‘black racism’ on social media

Amusan destroys Kendra Harrison’s 2016 world record by 0.08 seconds on the World Athletics Championships in Oregon

One Twitter consumer responded to Johnson’s feedback, writing: ‘Michael Johnson are you naturally that dumb or do you must attempt?

‘Why do not you recuperate out of your stroke you black racist!

‘Toby Amusan is a world record holder and you don’t have anything to do with it.’

Another mentioned: ‘Just as a result of it wasn’t an American WR doesn’t suggest the instances had been improper,’ whereas one other added: ‘Did you query the record when an American broke it?’

BBC pundit Johnson was skeptical of the time clocked by Amusan and different athletes

Johnson described the response he acquired as ‘unacceptable’ and famous that he had not solely questioned Amusan’s timing.

Johnson described the response he acquired as ‘unacceptable’ and famous that he had not solely questioned Amusan’s timing.

He later wrote on his Twitter account: ‘The degree of stupidity throughout my feed in the intervening time is really astounding!

‘My job as a commentator is to remark. 28 athletes (not 1 athlete) questioned whether or not the timing system was defective.

‘I used to be attacked, accused of racism and questioned the expertise of an athlete I revered and predicted to win. unacceptable. I’m going forward.’

Johnson gained 4 Olympic golds and eight World Championship golds throughout a stellar observe profession