Starting at 9:15 a.m. Nigerian time today, the first round of the competition will commence. On Friday, August 9, the semi-finals will take place, and on Saturday, August 10, the penultimate day of the sports event, the final will take place.
The top three non-automatic qualifiers from each of the five races will advance to the semifinals, and Amusan will participate in the first of five heats. The remaining competitors will compete again in the repechage.

In the lead-up to the sporting event, the 27-year-old has been exhibiting exceptional form, setting a season’s best and a world record of 12.40 seconds (0.9) in the Jamaican Athletics Invitational in Kingston in May.

She had already twice in January and February set the African indoor record for the 60-meter hurdles.
She captured the gold in the women’s 4x100m relay in Accra and the African Championships in Cameroon three months later, in addition to winning her third straight African Games championship in Ghana in March.
Her competitions this season have included the 60-, 100-, and 100-meter hurdles, as well as the 4×100-meter relay.

Amusan has competed in two Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020) and is a three-time (consecutive) Diamond League champion, two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, two-time African champion, and three-time African Games gold medallist.