Tobi Amusan breaks, sets new record at Diamond League Meet

Tobi Amusan won the women’s 100-meter hurdles in the Diamond League competition in Rabat, Morocco, with a commanding effort that marked a remarkable return to form.

The 28-year-old Nigerian athlete broke the previous meet record of 12.51 seconds set by Brianna McNeal with a season-best time of 12.24 seconds. In addition to giving Amusan her first significant victory of the 2025 campaign, the victory solidified her place among the top hurdlers in the world.

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.