World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023: Amusan and Camacho-Quinn drawn apart in 100m hurdles semifinal
There will be no battle of two reigning champions in the 100m hurdles semifinal when it holds on Wedneday evening at the National Athletics centre in Budapest, Hungary as the duo of world champion, Tobi Amusan and Olympic champion, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn have been kept apart.
Amusan stormed into Wednesday’s semifinal in an impressive 12.48 while Camacho-Quinn ran 12.50 to punch her ticket.
The Nigerian seems to have gotten the easier draw with 2023 NCAA indoor and outdoor silver medalist, Masai Russell of the USA and Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent her strongest challengers for one of the two automatic qualifying tickets on offer in the second semifinal heat.
Russell is the second fastest in the line up behind Amusan following the 12.36 lifetime best she ran in Texas, USA at the start of April while Nugent is the third fastest with her 12.43 personal best she ran in May.
Camacho-Quinn on the other will battle 2019 World champion, Nia Ali and 2017 winner, Danielle Williams for the two automatic slots for the final.
Former world record holder, Kendra Harisson who stormed to a 12.24 world lead in the first round will contest for the two automatic tickets to the final with 2021 Olympic bronze medal winner, Megan Tapper of Jamaica and Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas who have both ran 12.44 lifetime best this with the latter achieving hers in coming second to Harisson in the first round heat.
