Tobi Amusan storms to 100m Women Hurdles victory at Silesia Diamond League

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the Women’s 100m hurdles at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland in a very tight race.

The world champions shrugged off the challenge of two Americans-Ken Harrison and Nia Ali to storm to the finishing line in a time of 12.34 seconds for a Meet Record.

Harrison came second in a time of 12.35 seconds while Ali was third in a time of 12.38 seconds. Megan Tapper of Jamaica ran a time of 12.49 seconds to come fourth in the race.

Amusan had on 2 July, 2023, won the gold medal at the 100 metres hurdles at the at the  Stockholm Diamond League.

The Nigerian hurdler who holds the World Record in the event, ran a time of 12.52 seconds to emerge winner of the race.

She defeated Sarah Lavin who clocked a Personal Best (PB) of 12.73 seconds and emerged second.

Pia Skrzyszowska came third in a time of 12.78 second.

Amusan is the current World, Commonwealth and African champion in the 100 m hurdles, as well as the meet record holder in those three competitions.

Amusan became the first ever Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Championships 100 m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds (+0.9m/s) in the semi-final, followed up by a 12.06 seconds (+2.5m/s) in the final.

She won back-to-back Commonwealth and African titles in 2018 and 2022 in the 100 m hurdles and is also a two-time African Games champion in the event. She is also the current Diamond league champion in the 100 metres hurdles having won the final in 12.29 seconds (-0.3m/s) winning back to back titles in 2022 and 2023.