Amusan Chases Unprecedented Third Straight Commonwealth 100m Hurdles Gold

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan will begin her quest for another slice of history on Thursday when she lines up in the opening round of the women’s 100m hurdles at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The reigning world record holder and defending Commonwealth Games champion is seeking an unprecedented third consecutive title in the event after striking gold on the Gold Coast in 2018 and successfully defending her crown in Birmingham four years later.

Victory in Glasgow would make Amusan the first Nigerian track and field athlete to successfully defend the same athletics title two times at the Commonwealth Games.

The 29-year-old is also chasing a rare place in Commonwealth Games history.

Should she triumph again, Amusan would become the first athlete to win three consecutive titles in the 100m hurdles since the event replaced the 80m hurdles for women.

She would also become only the second woman to achieve a hurdles hat-trick across both eras, joining Australia’s Pam Kilborn, who won the 80m hurdles in 1962 and 1966 before capturing the inaugural 100m hurdles title in 1970.

Amusan, who owns the world record of 12.12 seconds and the Commonwealth Games record of 12.30 seconds, has been drawn in the first heat alongside South Africa’s Marione Fourie, Jamaica’s Kerrica Hill, Canada’s Mariam Abdul-Rashid, Ghana’s Evonne Britton, England’s Emma Nwofor, the British Virgin Islands’ Deya Erickson and Barbados’ Maya Rollins.

The first three athletes in each heat, along with the next two fastest performers overall, will advance to the final.

While Amusan enters as the overwhelming favourite, she is expected to face stiff competition later in the event from the Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton, Jamaica’s Megan Simmonds, Australia’s Michelle Jenneke and Canada’s Tatiana Aholou as she pursues another landmark achievement for Nigerian athletics.