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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan ended her 2026 season with a second-place finish in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Athlos meeting in London on Friday, pocketing $35,000 in prize money.
The 29-year-old clocked 12.51 seconds (+1.2m/s) at the StoneX Stadium in Barnet, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind American Alaysha Johnson, who won the race in 12.50 seconds.
It was a closely contested finale to what has been a demanding year for both athletes.
For Johnson, the victory which is in her 40th race of the season saw her succeed Masai Russell as the Athlos hurdles champion.
Amusan, the former world record holder, had been confirmed for the London meeting in August and lined up against a stacked field.
Commonwealth Games champion and world indoor record holder, Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas was third in 12.63 seconds, tied on time with Jamaica’s former world champion, Danielle Williams who was classified fourth.
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Jamaica’s Megan Simmonds finished fifth in 12.66 seconds, while Rayniah Jones of the United States was sixth in 12.83 seconds.
Russell, the reigning world record holder and Olympic champion, had been confirmed for the Athlos meeting but withdrew earlier in the week.
Her withdrawal came just days after she won the Diamond League and the $150,000 top prize at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest.
The American had earlier ended Amusan’s four-year reign as world record holder when she ran 12.09 seconds at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, three hundredths faster than Amusan’s 12.12 seconds set in the semi-final of the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
For Amusan, the London outing closes the 2026 season.
She also finished second to Russell in Budapest, clocking 12.34 seconds to Russell’s 12.22 seconds to earn $75,000.
