World record holder Tobi Amusan delivered a powerful performance at the 2025 Paris Diamond League on Friday, recording a season-best 12.24 seconds in the womens 100m hurdles to secure a strong second-place finish.
This marks the Nigerian stars second-fastest time ever, trailing only her world record of 12.12s set in 2022.
Amusan surged in the final stretch, narrowing the gap on the USAs Grace Stark, who had an explosive start and clinched victory with a lifetime best and meet record of 12.21smaking her the fifth-fastest woman in history over the distance. Jamaicas Ackera Nugent followed closely in third, clocking 12.30s.
The race in Paris was a thrilling continuation of Amusans resurgent 2025 campaign. After beginning the season with a pair of fourth-place finishes in Xiamen 12.74s and Shaoxing 12.66s, she rebounded in style, winning the Rabat leg of the Diamond League in 12.45sa season-best at the time and a meet record.
Paris marked Amusans fourth Diamond League appearance this season, and the consistency shes building suggests she is rounding into peak form just as major international competitions approach.