Nigeria’s 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.
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.
