Tobi Amusan Qualifies For Women’s 100m Semifinals

She has now qualified for the semi-finals of women’s 100m Hurdles at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan celebrates setting a world record in the women’s 100m hurdles final during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 24, 2022.

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

Amusan led the pack of eight athletes with 12.49 seconds, followed by America’s Alaysha Johnson with 12.61 and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown qualified with 12.84 seconds.

(FromL) Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, US’ Alaysha Johnson and China’s Wu Yanni cross the finish line in the women’s 100m hurdles heat of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 7, 2024.

US’ Alaysha Johnson reacts with Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan (R) after competing in the women’s 100m hurdles heat of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 7, 2024.

The semi-finals will be held on Friday, August 9, while the final is slated for the penultimate day of the athletics event, Saturday, August 10.

This is Amusan’s third consecutive Olympic Games.