Tobi Amusan returned to form on Sunday, May 25, with a commanding performance in the women’s 100 meters hurdles at the 2025 Rabat Diamond League. The Nigerian athlete claimed victory with a time of 12.45 seconds, setting a new meet record and recording her fastest time of the season.
The 28-year-old, who holds the world record in the event, erased the previous Rabat meet record of 12.51 seconds, set by American Brianna McNeal in 2018. Her win at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium marks her first major Diamond League triumph of the year and comes at a crucial point in her season.
Amusan got off to a strong start and quickly pulled away from the rest of the field, maintaining her lead through the finish. She looked sharp throughout the race, which was run with a legal tailwind of +1.2 m/s.
Nadine Visser of the Netherlands finished second in 12.67 seconds, while Poland’s Pia Skrzyszowska placed third with 12.69 seconds. Other athletes in the race included Ditaji Kambundji of Switzerland (12.71), Giada Carmassi of Italy (12.81), Elena Carraro (12.89), Destiny Huven of the United States (12.93), France’s Sacha Alessandrini (12.96), and Austria’s Karin Strametz (13.08). Several of the athletes recorded personal or season-best times.
The result is a welcome rebound for Amusan, who opened her 2025 Diamond League season with fourth-place finishes in Xiamen and Shanghai. She also picked up a win earlier in March at Velocity Fest 16 in Jamaica, but the field there was far less competitive than what she faced in Rabat.
Her disappointing finish to the 2024 season—most notably failing to qualify for the 100m hurdles final at the Paris Olympics—had raised questions about her form. This win in Rabat suggests she may be finding her rhythm again.
Speaking after the race, Amusan said she was relieved to see her efforts pay off. “The beginning of the season was a little rough for me, but I kept my head down, trusted the process, and had faith in God and my hard work,” she said in a post-race interview. “Coming out here today, I just wanted to execute a clean race. I don’t know what I did, but I knew I was running. Glory to God.”
She also spoke about changes to her training that helped sharpen her execution. “More hurdles practice, because I had been doing more sprinting. After the first two Diamond League meetings, I knew I had to go back to doing more hurdle drills. Two weeks in, I can tell the difference,” she said.
Amusan, who currently trains at Jamaica’s Racers Track Club, credited her coaching team for helping her regain focus and make necessary adjustments in technique.
Her victory in Rabat wasn’t part of the live broadcast, but word of the record-breaking performance spread quickly online and through global athletics platforms.
