Tobi Amusan retires from the Diamond League final

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Nigeria Tobi Amusan has brought out the obstacles of the women’s 100m to the Wanda Diamond League final of 2025 in Zurich, leaving Udodi Onwuzurike and Nathaniel Ezekiel as remaining representatives of the country, bold relationships.

Amusan, the world record holder and three times the Diamond League champion, was billed to chase a fourth record title on Thursday, but his name was removed from the start list. It has been replaced by the Bahamas Devynne Charlton, the sample in charge of 60m of indoor obstacles.

The retreat is a serious blow for the Nigerians, but attention is now shifting to Ezekiel and Onwuzurike, which will both take place on Thursday at the iconic Letzigrund stadium of Zurich.

At 22, Owuzurike is the youngest Nigerian of Zurich and enters a 200 -meter final against the Olympic champion Noah Lyles, the Letile of Botswana and the Dominican star Alexander Ogando. The Nigerian scraped himself in the final after finishing third in Brussels (20.29) and benefiting from late withdrawals.

This year Ezekiel was one of the innovative stars of Nigeria. The product of Baylor University, also 22, beat the national record for the obstacles of 400m for the fifth time in 2025 with a race of 47.31 in Silesia, a sign that was ranked among the top five in the world this season.

He earned his ticket for Zurich after the retreats from the Olympic champion Rai Benjamin and the leader of the season Alison Dos Santos, but his coherent performances, including the third in Eugene, have proved to belong to the best.

Tobi Amusan retires from the Diamond League final

The final of the 400 meters obstacles in Zurich will be led by the owner of the Norwegian world record Karsten Warholm, who has the world advantage of the season of 46.28, but Ezekiele claims to be ready to challenge. No Nigerian has ever reached the podium in the final of the male obstacles of Zurich.

The stakes are high, each winner of the events will pockese $ 50,000, the richest prize in the history of the Diamond League, since athletes also chase the momentum in view of the World Championships in Tokyo.

All the Nigerian races approach Thursday, with Ezekiel set for 20:44 for now Nigerian, before Onwuzurike takes place from the country’s campaign in 200 m at 21:39