Tobi Amusan scheduled for Diamond League season opener in Xiamen

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Tobi Amusan scheduled for Diamond League season opener in Xiamen

Funmilayo Fameso 19:57 - 15.04.2025

Nigeria's hurdling queen Tobi Amusan is listed to race in the women's 100mH event at the Xiamen Diamond League.

World Record holder Tobi Amusan is scheduled to make her 100mH season's debut at the Xiamen Diamond League on April 26th.

On the proposed start list for the women's 100mH event, the Nigerian hurdling queen is lined up to compete against a stacked field that includes two-time world indoor champion and 60mH record holder Devynne Charlton, Grand Slam champion Danielle Williams, and USA's duo of Nia Ali and Grace Stark.

Tobi Amusan

Amusan, who now trains with renowned coach Glen Mills in Jamaica, already ran her first race of the season in the women's 100m event, which she won at the Velocity Fest 16 in Kingston, clocking a time of 11.28s.

Following her impressive performance, the multiple medal-winning hurdler has been off action and was absent at the inaugural Grand Slam Track in Kingston.

Amusan will be gunning to return to winning ways in her trademark event in Xiamen, her first competition in it since failing to make the Olympic final in Paris.

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