Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan on Sunday set a new record as she won the 100 metres hurdles in the Wanda Diamond League at the Silesia Stadium in the City of Chorzó, Poland.
Amusan, the world record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, won the race ahead of the U.S. duo Kendra Harrison and Ali Nia.
She also set a new meeting record and a new season best of 12.34 seconds.
The reigning world champion only won on the finish line by fractions of seconds in a typical photo finish.
Harrison Kendra was also given the same 12.34 seconds, whilst Ali Nia placed third with a time of 12.38 seconds.
Megan Tapper of Jamaica ran a time of 12.49 seconds to finish fourth in the race.
“It was not easy for me with injuries in my hamstring and knee. But I trusted in my coach and my work. It’s all about the process. I just won this in a smooth style. I was just running, and honestly, I had no idea that I had won when I crossed the finish line,” Amusan told reporters after the race.
Amusan’s blistering record-setting performance came on the heels of her recent comfortable win in the Nigerian national trials in Benin.
She had won in a time of 12.70 seconds, in wet conditions to book her ticket to the world championships in Budapest.
She had won the national title for the third time in a row.
The 26-year-old Amusan had, before the Nigerian trials, defeated Sarah Avalanche of Ireland, who finished second in 12.73 seconds.
Pia Skrzyszowska of Poland claimed the bronze medal in 12.78 seconds to win the Stockholm Diamond League with an impressive time of 12.52 seconds.
The double Commonwealth Games champion will defend her world title, and possibly her world record of 12.12 seconds, at the World Athletics Championships, in Hungary, Budapest from August 19 to 27.
Amusan has finished second, fourth and eighth in her last three outings of the season.
This was prior to her inspiring run in Stockholm, where she won with a time of 12.52 seconds.
