{"id":355416,"date":"2026-05-18T05:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355416"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:39:17","slug":"amusan-places-third-in-diamond-league-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355416","title":{"rendered":"Amusan places third in Diamond League opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">World record holder Tobi Amusan finished third in the women\u2019s 100m hurdles as the 2026 Diamond League season opened in Shanghai on\u00a0<em>Saturday, Tidesports source\u00a0<\/em>reports.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Nigerian, who arrived in China fresh from winning gold at the African Senior Athletics Championships in Ghana earlier on Wednesday, clocked a season\u2019s best of 12.41s behind Olympic champion Masai Russell and Bahamian star Devynne Charlton.<\/p>\n<p>Russell produced a dominant display to win the race in a meeting record and world-leading time of 12.25s, improving on her previous world lead of 12.40s.<\/p>\n<p>Charlton, the reigning world indoor champion, finished second in 12.38s in one of her strongest outdoor performances to date.<\/p>\n<p>Amusan, whose world record of 12.12s remains the fastest time ever run in the event, improved significantly from her previous season\u2019s best of 12.84s set during her victorious outing at the African Championships in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old was competing in a stacked field that included reigning world champion Ditaji Kambundji of Switzerland, Jamaican pair Megan Simmonds and Ackera Nugent, China\u2019s Wu Yanni and Americans Tonea Marshall and Danielle Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Kambundji, who won the world title in Tokyo last year with a Swiss record 12.24s, finished fifth in 12.82s, while Jamaica\u2019s Nugent placed sixth in 12.98s.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall and Williams failed to finish the race.<\/p>\n<p>Following Amusan\u2019s victory in Accra, the three-time Diamond League final winner expressed gratitude to her supporters while insisting she remained determined to achieve more success this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond grateful to God, my team, supporters, and everyone who continues to believe in me through every season. Historic feeling. Still hungry for more. The mission continues,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World record holder Tobi Amusan finished third in the women\u2019s 100m hurdles as the 2026 Diamond League season opened in Shanghai on\u00a0Saturday, Tidesports source\u00a0reports. The Nigerian, who arrived in China fresh from winning gold at the African Senior Athletics Championships in Ghana earlier on Wednesday, clocked a season\u2019s best of 12.41s behind Olympic champion Masai [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67315,"featured_media":355450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355460,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355416\/revisions\/355460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/355450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}