Olympic champion and American record holder Masai Russell, world record holder and 2022 world champion Tobi Amusan, and Tokyo Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn are set to face off at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League in Eugene.
The women’s 100mH at the 50th Prefontaine Classic Diamond League promises to produce fireworks as three of the fastest hurdlers in history – Tobi Amusan, Masai Russell, and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn will go against each other for the first time this season on July 5th.
On paper, world record holder Amusan tops the list as the fastest hurdler in history, who has also been in tremendous form in the past few weeks, giving indication she’s back at her best.
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The Nigerian track queen has been in tremendous form in the past few weeks, having stormed to an impressive win at the Rabat Diamond League and backed it up with a fast 12.24s to finish second in Paris – her second-fastest career time before another dominant victory at the Ostrava Golden Spike.
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Amusan has had her best career luck in Eugene, Oregon, when she won the 2022 world title and ran the WR. She will hope for the same fate by gunning for another famous win against the star-studded field, especially against the reigning Olympic champion Russell, who clocked a jaw-dropping American record of 12.17s to win the Grand Slam Track in Miami.
The American hurdling queen’s brilliant time makes her the world leader in the event this season and the second-fastest in history, behind Amusan’s world record.
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And finally, Tokyo 2021 Olympic champion Camacho-Quinn hasn’t raced much this season, with her last competition being at the Grand Slam Track in Kingston back in May, where she finished third in a respectable 12.70s.
However, she isn’t a pushover as she’s capable of dominating any good field on her good day.
Amusan, Russell, and Camacho-Quinn will be aiming for the needed bragging rights win on the super-fast track in Oregon, in which the winner will be highly rated as the favourite for the world title in Tokyo this summer.
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