This weekend the professional track and field season with conclude in Eugene at the Prefontaine Classic which will serve as the Diamond League Final for the first time ever. For Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume this will be a chance to end their 2023 season on a high note at a venue very dear to both athletes.
Hayward Field in Eugene hosted the World Athletics Championships in 2022 where the two earned spots on the podium. Amusan set a new World Record in 100-meter hurdles running 12.12 seconds in the semifinal en route to winning the World Championship running a wind-aided 12.06 seconds. On the exact same day, Ese Brume earned her best international medal to date winning a silver medal in the Women’s Long Jump. She leaped to a season’s best 7.02 meters to secure her spot on the podium putting Nigerian fans into an ultimate frenzy.
Amusan will be coming into the finale this season with the second highest point total in the Diamond League standings in the 100m hurdle event. In her three Diamond League meetings this season she finished in first place in Stockholm, Sweden and Silesia, Poland in July and second place in Lausanne, Switzerland in June. Amusan’s season best of 12.34 seconds to win the Silesia Diamond League is the 4th fastest time in the world this season. She will be aiming for her third consecutive Diamond League title and will line up against the likes of US Champion Nia Ali, current World Champion Danielle Williams of Jamaica, and reigning Olympic Champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.
Ese Brume will be competing in her first ever Diamond League Final in the Women’s Long Jump. She enters the competition with the fifth highest point total in the Diamond League standings after competing in four meetings this season. Her best finish was on September 2nd in Xiamen, China where she finished in third place. She has a season’s best jump of 6.84 meters which she achieved at the World Athletics Championship Final in Hungary last month. This mark was just short of another podium finish for Brume as she finished fourth overall. In the Diamond League Final, she will be going up against current World Champion Ivana Vuleta of Serbia and US Champion Tara Davis-Woodhall.
Both will compete on Sunday September 17th.
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