After a stop-start marketing campaign that has seen her miss key occasions, the Nigerian star will goal to reclaim momentum on her highway to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this September
World report holder Tobi Amusan is about to reignite her 2025 out of doors season this Sunday as she strains up within the 100m hurdles on the Wanda Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco.
After a stop-start marketing campaign that has seen her miss key occasions, the Nigerian star will goal to reclaim momentum on her highway to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this September.
The 28-year-old’s presence in Rabat marks her Diamond League look of the 12 months and will function a springboard towards recapturing high type in a season full of promise and strain.
A disrupted begin to 2025
Amusan was initially slated to start her relay season on the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, earlier this month, however Nigeria’s last-minute withdrawal from the occasion meant she needed to sit it out.
In her first Diamond League exhibiting this 12 months on 26 April in Xiamen, she clocked 12.74 seconds to complete fourth behind Danielle Williams (Jamaica), Grace Stark (USA), and Marione Fourie (South Africa).
On the Keqiao Diamond League meet additionally in China, Amusan additionally completed fourth however clocked a Season’s Finest (SB) of 12.66 seconds–an enchancment on her 12.74-second end on the season-opening meet in Xiamen
Amusan didn’t function within the Doha leg of the sequence on 16 Might because the 100m hurdles weren’t included within the competitors programme.
Rabat: Redemption or routine?
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Now totally listed among the many entries for the Rabat meet, Amusan has the chance to silence doubts and mount a cost towards the shape that noticed her dominate the hurdles world in 2022.
A robust exhibiting in Morocco won’t solely increase her Diamond League marketing campaign but in addition supply a confidence jolt forward of the World Championships in Tokyo.
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With Tokyo simply months away, Sunday, 25 Might race in Rabat is extra than simply one other outing; it is a statement-making likelihood for the Nigerian dash queen who will face off towards European champions Nadine Visser, Pia Skrzyszowska, and Ditaji Kambundji.
A worldwide forged takes the stage in Morocco
The Rabat Diamond League is about to host a glittering array of observe and area stars past Amusan.
Dutch sensation Femke Bol, the indoor 400m world report holder, will headline the 400m hurdles, seeking to kick off her out of doors season with a win as she chases her fifth Diamond League crown.
In the meantime, Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, some of the electrifying younger sprinters on this planet, will take a look at his velocity within the 100m and 200m.
His competitors consists of USA’s Erriyon Knighton, Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala, and South Africa’s duo of Wayde van Niekerk (within the 200m) and Akani Simbine (100m).
Reigning world and Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles won’t be in motion in Rabat, leaving the dash highlight large open.
