World record holder in women’s 100m hurdles Tobi Amusan has secured her spot at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, France.
Last December, World Athletics revealed the pathway to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024, including the entry standards athletes will need to achieve between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.
For 100m hurdles, the entry standard was set at 12.77 seconds.
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Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to secure her place at the Games, achieving this feat at the Bauhaus-Galan Diamond League event in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 2, where she clocked 12.52secs in the 100m hurdles race at the Olympiastadion.
The 26-year-old has since improved her time, recording a personal season’s best of 12.34secs at the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Diamond League event in Chorzów, Poland on July 16.
For long jump, the entry standard was set at 6.86m. But Ese Brume narrowly missed securing her spot for the Paris Olympics at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, when she placed 6.84 meters, coming fourth in the final.
She will have her next chance at the Diamond League final in Oregon, USA, which is scheduled to take place between September 16-17. Brume has previously participated in two Olympic Games, finishing fifth in her debut in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and earning a third-place finish five years later in Tokyo, Japan.
