Amusan dominates heat, cruises to hurdles final

World record holder Tobi Amusan delivered a dominant performance at the Commonwealth Games, winning her qualifying heat comfortably.

World record holder Tobi Amusan delivered a dominant performance at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, winning her qualifying heat to comfortably book her place in the women’s 100m hurdles final. Amusan enters the final session as the favourite to retain her Commonwealth crown.

Amusan’s performance is a reminder of her dominance in the 100m hurdles. She is the world record holder and the defending Commonwealth champion, and her heat win suggests that she is in peak form. The final promises to be a showcase of her talent.

This echoes the 2022 Commonwealth Games, when Amusan also won the 100m hurdles. The mechanism then was different, but the result was the same: Amusan dominating her event.

The winners: Tobi Amusan, who has booked her place in the final; and Team Nigeria, which has a strong medal contender. The losers: the other athletes in the final, who face a formidable opponent; and the Nigerian public, who have high expectations.

Bottom Line: Amusan is through to the 100m hurdles final. The world record holder is the favourite to retain her crown. The question is whether she can deliver.