Tobi Amusan, the three-time African Games champion and world record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, is gearing up to kick off her Wanda Diamond League season in Xiamen on April 20.

Amusan is set to join an illustrious lineup at the Egret Stadium in Xiamen, which includes 12 Olympic gold medalists and 27 world champions.

Among the notable competitors in the sprint hurdles category are Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, world champion Danielle Williams, and world indoor champion Devynne Charlton. Amusan will be facing these reigning global champions as she defends her title.

Last September, the 26-year-old secured her third consecutive Wanda Diamond League title in Eugene, Oregon, with an impressive season best of 12.33 seconds. Camacho-Quinn came in second with a time of 12.38 seconds, followed by the USA’s Harrison in third with 12.44 seconds.

Amusan, the 2022 world champion who holds the world record of 12.12 seconds, is considered one of the top contenders for the Olympic gold in Paris in August. She aims to secure her fourth successive win, following her historic achievement as the second woman in Diamond League history to clinch a hat-trick of 100m hurdles titles in 2023.

Her remarkable journey continued on the same track in Oregon, where she won the World Championships the previous year and set the current world record of 12.12 seconds.

However, Amusan might miss the second Diamond League meet of the year in Suzhou, China, as her name was absent from the confirmed list of sprint hurdlers for the event.

The Suzhou meet, scheduled for April 27, will mark the second of two Chinese events to launch the 2024 Wanda Diamond League season.