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  • Amusan, Ofili secure spots in Diamond League Final

    Amusan, Ofili secure spots in Diamond League Final

    Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan and Favour Ofili have officially qualified for the 2025 Wanda Diamond League Final, set to take place next weekend at the prestigious Weltklasse Meeting in Zurich.

    Ofili, who joined the Diamond League circuit at the ninth stop of the 15-leg series, secured the final qualifying spot in the women’s 200m event. The 21-year-old accumulated 13 points to finish eighth overall, earning her place among the elite field. She now has a chance to make history as only the second Nigerian athlete—after Amusan—to 1win a Diamond League trophy.

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    For Amusan, qualification came with ease. The reigning 100m hurdles champion finished fifth in Lausanne with a time of 12.82 seconds, bringing her total to 27 points and securing second place in the final standings. She trails only the USA’s Grace Stark, who leads with 35 points.

    Zurich is a special venue for Amusan, having claimed her first two Diamond League titles there. She will now be aiming to win a fourth title, following her third victory in Eugene—also the site of her 2022 world championship triumph and world record performance.

  • World Champion Tobi Amusan Poised to Set the Pace at All Nigeria Athletics Trials

    World Champion Tobi Amusan Poised to Set the Pace at All Nigeria Athletics Trials

    …as Ghana Men’s Relay Team battle Team Nigeria

    Nigeria’s athletics enthusiasts are expected to witness a thrilling 100m women’s race when World 100m hurdles Champion Tobi Amusan and others compete at the ongoing Nigeria Athletics Trials at Yaba College of Technology today.

    Tobi Amusan appears ready to run the 100m flat, an event she has resurrected, sporting a low-cut hairstyle.

    The final day of the All Nigeria Ahletics Championship Trials in Lagos will feature several events including the duel between Nigeria Men’s Relay Teams and their Ghanaian counterparts as both countries aim to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan in September.

    Today’s events will include 200m, 400m, 4×400m, 4×100m, Medley and mixed Relay races.

    The AFN President Chief Tonobok Okowa has expressed gratitude to Arise News TV and the National Sports Commission (NSC) for their financial support and hopes that more Nigerians will come forward to support athletics in Nigeria.

    Okowa however commended the enthusiastic huge sports fans who have been supporting athletes throughout the championship.

  • Amusan speaks  on starting  season with sprint races

    Amusan speaks  on starting  season with sprint races

    World record holder in the 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan,  has defended  the decision  to start the season in the sprint, saying  100m dash would help her stability  as soon as she moved to her favourite, hurdles.

    Amusan began  the season on a lukewarm note fuelling speculations that  she   may find it  difficult to return to her ebullient self.

    But Amusan sent a powerful message to the athletics world on Sunday night as she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2025 Rabat Diamond League, clocking a stunning 12.45 seconds to win the race in a Season Best (SB) and further  broke the Meeting Record (MR) of 12.51 seconds set by American Brianna McNeal in 2018.

    The victory  reaffirmed her status as one of the leading contenders ahead of the World Championships in Tokyo.

    Dutch hurdler Nadine Visser came in second with 12.67s, while Poland’s Pia Skrzyszowska followed in third at 12.69s.

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    Following the race, an elated Amusan shared insight into the adjustments that brought her back to peak form.

     “More hurdles practice, cos I have been doing more sprinting. It was after the first two Diamond League meetings, I knew I had to go back to doing more hurdle drills. Two weeks in, I can tell the difference.”

    The 28-year-old Nigerian entered Rabat with much to prove after a stuttering start to her 2025 season. Her planned opening at the World Athletics Relays in China was derailed after Nigeria withdrew from the event. In her first two Diamond League races — in Xiamen and Keqiao — Amusan finished fourth, running 12.74s and then improving to 12.66s.

    The hurdles event was not part of the Doha Diamond League meet, leaving Rabat as Amusan’s crucial opportunity to reignite her season — and she seized it with both hands.

  • Tobi Amusan breaks, set new record at Diamond League Meet

    Tobi Amusan breaks, set new record at Diamond League Meet

    Tobi Amusan stormed to victory in the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the Diamond League meet in Rabat, Morocco, delivering a commanding performance that signaled a strong return to form.

    The 28-year-old Nigerian star clocked a season-best 12.24 seconds, smashing the previous meet record of 12.51 seconds set by Brianna McNeal. The win not only handed Amusan her first major triumph of the 2025 season but also reasserted her position among the world’s elite hurdlers.

    Her road to this moment, however, hasn’t been smooth. Amusan opened her Diamond League campaign in May with back-to-back fourth-place finishes in Xiamen and Shanghai, showing flashes of form but missing the podium. Earlier, in March, she claimed a comfortable victory at Velocity Fest 16 in Jamaica, although against a relatively modest field.

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    This latest win in Rabat marks a turning point following a frustrating end to her 2024 season, when she fell short of the final at the Paris Olympics—an uncharacteristic stumble on the biggest stage.

    Reflecting on her performance in Rabat, Amusan attributed her success to refinements in her training, emphasizing that sharper execution was key to her record-breaking run.

    “More hurdles practice, because I have been doing more sprinting. It was after the first two Diamond League meetings, I knew I had to go back to doing more hurdle drills,” she said.

  • Diamond League: Amusan sets new record to win 100m hurdles in Rabat

    Diamond League: Amusan sets new record to win 100m hurdles in Rabat

    Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100 meters hurdles race at the Diamond League meet in Rabat, Morocco.

    The 28-year-old clocked a season’s best time of 12.24 seconds to finish ahead of the chasing pack and set a new meeting record, breaking McNeal Brianna’s previous mark of 12.51 seconds.

    The triumph is Amusan’s first major victory of the 2025 season. She opened her campaign with a successive fourth-place finish at both the Xiamen and Shanghai Diamond League meets in May.

    In March, she won Velocity Fest 16 in Jamaica, running against a weaker line-up of hurdlers.

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    The latest victory opens a clean chapter for Amusan, following the disappointing end to her 2024 athletics season, during which she failed to make the final of the women’s 100m hurdles at the Paris Olympics.

    After last season, Amusan began training with Racers Track Club, which is led by Glen Mills, the former coach of the legendary Usain Bolt.

    Speaking on her triumph in Rabat, Amusan credited her training routine with improving her execution in Morocco.

    “More hurdles practice, because I have been doing more sprinting. It was after the first two Diamond League meetings, I knew I had to go back to doing more hurdle drills,” she said.

  • Amusan  in first competitive race after Paris Olympics

    Amusan  in first competitive race after Paris Olympics

    Nigeria Queen of Track, Tobi Amusan will return to action for the first time since her disappointing semi-final finish at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France last year.

    She will join six other athletes that will be on the track in two days’  time at the Xiamen Egret Stadium in Xiamen, China.

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    Recall that Amusan was the Diamond league champion in the 100 metres hurdles for three consecutive seasons from 2021 to 2023 before losing the crown last year.

    According to reports, the meeting is part of the Diamond League series, having replaced Shenzhen as China’s host city and will continue to host one of two Chinese Wanda Diamond League meetings until 2032.

  • JUST IN: Tobi Amusan qualifies for 100m Olympic hurdles semis-final

    JUST IN: Tobi Amusan qualifies for 100m Olympic hurdles semis-final

    World champion Tobi Amusan qualified for the 100-meter hurdles semi-finals in the ongoing 2024 Olympics in Paris on Wednesday.

    Amusan, who is the current world record holder, was quicker than USA’s Alaysha Johnson in 2nd with 12. 61s and Janeek Brown in 12.84s in Heat 1.

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    Nigeria is yet to win a medal at this year’s Olympics.

    Details shortly…

  • Amusan wins fourth straight national women’s 100m hurdles title

    Amusan wins fourth straight national women’s 100m hurdles title

    World record holder Tobi Amusan secured her fourth national title in the women’s 100m hurdles at the national trials on Monday, finishing with an impressive time of 12.78 seconds.

     The 27-year-old sprinter dominated the race, with Adaobi Tabugbo coming in second at 13.33 seconds and Faith Osamuyi taking third place at 13.36 seconds.

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     Amusan, from Ogun State, thrilled the fans in Benin with her hurdling prowess as she successfully defended her national title. This victory serves as a promising warm-up for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

  • Amusan completes hat-trick of 100mH titles

    Amusan completes hat-trick of 100mH titles

    World Record holder Tobi Amusan, won gold in the women’s 100mH final at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana.

    She went into the race as the absolute favourite, but beat the gun after going into the blocks for the first time due to the noise of the crowd in the stadium. She got a yellow card and lined up again.

    The gun went off for the second time, but this time, she nailed the start, flying to an easy win and clocking a time of 12.89s (-2.1).

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    She completed a hat-trick of African Games titles with that win, having won the last two editions in Congo Brazzaville and Rabat and also defeated Sidonie Fiadanantsoa who ran 13.19s to finish second and Zimbabwe’s Ashley Tinashe Kamangirirain 13.59s.

    The only other Nigerian athlete in the race Faith Osamuyi, just missed out on a podium finish as she ran 13.77s in fourth place.

  • Tobi Amusan set new 60m hurdles indoor record

    Tobi Amusan set new 60m hurdles indoor record

    Nigerian Athlete, Tobi Amusan has set a new African women’s indoor record in 60 metres after finishing at 7.75 seconds at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.

    Amusan retired the 7.77 record she had previously established in Kazakhstan at the Astana Indoor Meet in January with her 7.75 seconds run in Boston.

    However, despite setting the new record, she came second in Boston, with America’s Tia Jones finishing first in 7.72 seconds and Bahama’s Devynne Chalton finishing third with a time of 7.76 seconds.

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    Amusan had on January 27 in her opening race of the new athletic season, beaten the 7.82seconds African record set by fellow Nigerian Gloria Alozie.