World champion Tobi Amusan advanced to Wednesday’s semi-finals in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
With 12.49 seconds, Amusan topped the group of eight competitors. Alaysha Johnson of America came in second with 12.61 seconds, while Janeek Brown of Jamaica qualified with 12.84 seconds.
Amusan is undoubtedly one of the favourites to win the gold. Still, she will face tough competition from the Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton, the USA’s Alaysha Johnson, world champion Danielle Williams, and Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, the defending Olympic winner.
On Friday, August 9, the semi-finals will take place, and on Saturday, August 10, the penultimate day of the athletics competition, the final will occur.
The 27-year-old has been in great form in the run-up to the sports fiesta, running a season’s best and then world lead of 12.40s (0.9) at the Jamaican Athletics Invitational in Kingston in May.
