Tobi Amusan: Nigerian champion faces US and Jamaican champions at Silesia Diamond League

Tobi Amusan, Nia Ali, and Megan Tapper

Tobi Amusan: Nigerian champion faces US and Jamaican champions at Silesia Diamond League

Funmilayo Fameso 17:14 - 13.07.2023

Preview of the women's 100m Hurdles at the Silesia Diamond League, featuring Tobi Amusan.

Fresh from competing at their various national championships last week, Tobi Amusan will face other top national champions at the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday, July 16.

Amusan blazed to her third consecutive national title in 12.70s after having busy schedules at Lausanne and Stockholm Diamond Leagues.

In Stockholm, the World Record holder got her first Diamond League win of the season under wrap, reigning supreme in the women's 100m Hurdles in an impressive 12.52s (0.9). This was after losing to Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn in Lausanne.

Having two consecutive wins now, Amusan will be gunning for her third against tough competitors such as newly crowned US Champion Nia Ali.

Tobi Amusan kicked off her 2023 season on a winning note in Auburn
Tobi Amusan will be gunning for a second Diamond League win in Silesia

The 33-year-old won her first US title in a Season's Best (SB) of 12.37s, stunning former WR holder Keni Harrison for the famous victory.

Nia Ali is the women's 100m Hurdles US Champion

Harrison, also listed in the stacked lineup in Silesia, will aim for revenge against Ali and a worthy win against Amusan.

Consequently, Jamaica's new champion Megan Tapper is on the stiff list and will have a fresh confidence boost challenging the big guns after racing to a Personal Best (PB) of 12.44s in Jamaica.

Megan Tapper Jamaican Champion in the women's 100m Hurdles

And then completing the stacked start list are Jamaica's former world champion, Danielle Williams, US sensation Tia Jones, South Africa's Marione Fourie, and Poland's Pia Skrzyszowska.

The winner will aim to erase Camacho-Quinn's Meeting Record of 12.34s.

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