Amusan returns as Nigeria’s number 1, overtakes Ofili
World file holder within the 100m hurdles, Nigeria and Africa’s quantity One,Tobi Amusan, has made a triumphant return to the discontinue 100 of the World Athletics women’s overall rankings.
After slipping out of the elite team closing Twelve months for the first time for the explanation that ranking machine used to be introduced in 2019, when she debuted at No. 96, Amusan has surged serve to 88th within the realm with a ranking rating of 1366.
Her resurgence is powered by a string of spectacular performances, including two 12.forty five-2nd runs and a season’s easiest of 12.24s on the 2025 Paris Diamond League, the build she accomplished 2nd on the serve of Grace Stark. That time is her quickest since setting the realm file of 12.12s at Oregon, USA, in 2022.
Amusan’s rise has also seen her reclaim the title of Nigeria’s highest-ranked feminine athlete, overtaking Favour Ofili, who held that distinction on the tip of 2024 nonetheless has now dropped to a hundred and seventy fifth.
Within the 100m hurdles self-discipline, Amusan has climbed serve into the discontinue 10, presently sitting at No. 9, after ending closing Twelve months in 13th station.With her safe peaking sooner than main championships, Amusan looks to be no longer off target to replicate or even surpass her stellar 2022 season, when she accomplished as the realm’s high dawdle hurdler and ranked fifth overall amongst women.
