Tobi Amusan Wins Women’s 100m Hurdles, Makes Semifinals

World champion holder, Tobi Amusan started her Paris Olympics campaign with a strong victory in the heats of the women’s 100m hurdles.

Amusan hardly broke a sweat as she dominated the entire field, running a solid 12.49s despite being seeded in lane 9, according to makingofchamps.com

Alysha Johnson was 2nd in 12.61s while Janeek Brown placed 3rd with a time of 12.84s.

This is Amusan’s third consecutive Olympic Games.

Amusan is certainly among the favourites for the gold medal, but that won’t come easy, contending with a strong field that includes the Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton, USA’s Alaysha Johnson, world champion Danielle Williams and reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico.

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