Diamond League announces Amusan for Prefontaine Classic News

Tobi Amusan will make her return to the track at the Prefontaine Classic after organisers confirmed the Nigerian world record holder among the headline athletes for the women’s 100m hurdles race in Eugene on July 4, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

The event, part of the Diamond League series, will take place at Hayward Field and is expected to feature one of the strongest fields in the discipline this season.

Amusan, who holds the world record of 12.12 seconds, will compete against reigning Olympic champion Masai Russell, two-time world champion Danielle Williams and World Championships bronze medallist Grace Stark.

The race marks Amusan’s first confirmed competition this season since the World Athletics Championships in September 2025, where the Nigerian last appeared on any stage more than six months ago.

The 28-year-old has enjoyed significant success in Eugene in the past. She won her first world title and set the current world record at the venue during the 2022 World Championships and later returned to claim the Diamond League final title there in 2023.

Amusan has also established herself as one of the most dominant athletes in the event over the past decade, winning the Diamond League final for three consecutive seasons between 2021 and 2023.

Her presence in Eugene adds further star power to a race already featuring several of the sport’s leading names.

Russell heads into the meeting as the reigning Olympic champion and is pursuing her first Diamond League title after enjoying her most successful campaign in the series last season. The American recorded her maiden Diamond League victory in Silesia in August 2025, setting a series record of 12.19 seconds.

Stark, another American contender, also impressed during last year’s Diamond League campaign, setting meeting records in Keqiao, Stockholm and Paris before claiming a bronze medal at the World Championships in Tokyo.

Jamaica’s Williams arrives in Eugene as one of the most experienced competitors in the field, having won two world titles, most recently in Budapest in 2023, as well as the Diamond League crown in 2019.

The Prefontaine Classic will serve as the ninth meeting of the 2026 Diamond League season, which begins in Doha on May 8 and concludes with the two-day series final in Brussels on September 4 and 5.

The annual circuit brings together many of the world’s leading athletes across 15 cities on four continents, with Eugene traditionally regarded as one of the most prestigious stops on the calendar.