Amusan with the win became the 2nd woman to win 100m hurdles in the Diamond League for 3 successive years
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has become the second woman in history to win the 100m hurdles event in the Diamond League for three successive years.
She achieved the astonishing feat on Sunday night, after winning the women’s 100m hurdles at the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon, United States.
The world record holder, who lost her world title last month in Budapest, Hungary, bounced back convincingly to beat strong contenders, including Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Keni Harrison and Danielle Williams.
The 26-year-old won the race in a season’s best time of 12.33s.
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Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico was second in 12.38s, while Harrison of the United States of America came third in 12.44s.
Prior to this, only American Dawn Harper-Nelson, who won 100m hurdles event in the Diamond League in 2012, 2023 and 2014 has ever achieved the feat.
Amusan in 2021 first made history, when she ran a 12.42s African record to become the first Nigerian to win a Diamond League title.
She then went on to successfully defend her title the following year, running a new 12.29 Weltklasse meeting record in Zurich, Switzerland.
And on Sunday Amusan made it a hat trick of wins with a season-best time of 12.33s in Eugene Oregon.
Another Nigerian, Ese Brume came second in the Long Jump event.
Brume finished second behind Serbia’s Ivana Vuleta.
