World champion Tobi Amusan has advanced to the semi-finals of the 100-meter hurdles at the ongoing 2024 Olympics in Paris. On Wednesday, Amusan clocked 12.49 seconds to lead her heat, with America’s Alaysha Johnson following at 12.61 seconds and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown at 12.84 seconds.
Amusan is among the top contenders for the gold medal, facing stiff competition from athletes such as the Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton, USA’s Alaysha Johnson, world champion Danielle Williams, and reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico. The semi-finals are scheduled for Friday, August 9, with the final set for Saturday, August 10, the penultimate day of the athletics events.
The 27-year-old has been in impressive form leading up to the Olympics, recording a season-best and world-leading time of 12.40 seconds at the Jamaican Athletics Invitational in Kingston in May. Earlier in the year, she set the African indoor record for the 60m hurdles twice, in January and February.
In March, Amusan secured her third consecutive African Games title in Ghana and anchored the women’s 4x100m relay team to gold in Accra, later triumphing at the African Championships in Cameroon.
This season, she has competed in 17 events, including the 60m, 100m, 100m hurdles, and the 4x100m relay. Amusan is a three-time consecutive Diamond League winner, a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, a two-time African champion, and a three-time African Games gold medallist, having participated in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.