Budapest 2023: I'm Looking Forward To Very Fast Racing From Tobi Amusan-Ali

Budapest 2023: I'm Looking Forward To Very Fast Racing From Tobi Amusan-Ali

Ibrahim Lateef

American hurdler Nia Ali says is looking for a very fast racing from Nigeria track sensation Tobi Amusan in the women's 100m hurdles, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Amusan will start her title defense on Tuesday, where she'll line up in heat 5 of the women's 100m hurdles.

She'll go up against Jamaican Champion, Megan Tapper and Australia's Michelle Jenneke for a spot in the semis.

Ali defied expectations when she raced to a silver medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2016 Rio Olympics barely a year after becoming a mother, and did it again when she won a world title after the birth of her second child.

She said in a press conference on the eve of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023.

After hearing for the first time the late news that Tobi Amusan will be defending her title, Ali made the point that the Nigerian was only one of several serious contenders.

“Good for her – I will see her at the starting line. I’m looking forward to some very fast racing, and there is more than just Tobi. The title could go to anybody in the final.”

In June last year, with a wild card to defend her 100m hurdles title at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, Ali said that everything was “falling into place” after she had returned to training following the birth of her third child.

But she was the one who took a fall when the championships began as, after establishing an early lead, she clipped the ninth hurdle in her heat and failed to clear the 10th before being officially disqualified.