United States-based women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan, has confirmed her participation at the African Senior Athletics Championship, which will be held from May 12 to 17, at the Legon Sports Stadium, Ghana, on May 12, 2026.

The 100mh speedster is expected to lead a star-studded 51-member Nigerian team to the Championship in Accra.

Amusan, a specialist in the 100m hurdles, is the current world record holder in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.12 seconds, which she set at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, United States.

Amusan, who also competes as a sprinter, is also the current Commonwealth and African champion in the 100m hurdles.

She became the first ever Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event when she set the current world record of 12.12 seconds (+0.9 m/s) in the semifinal of the World Championships in Eugene and followed it with a 12.06 seconds (+2.5 m/s) finish in the final.

Favour Ashe is another headline A-List athlete heading to Accra with Team Nigeria that includes Miracles Ezechukwu, Rosemary Nwankwo, James Taiwo Emmanuel, Patience Okon George and Ezekiel Asuquo.

Also expected to make waves in Accra when the continent gathers at the centre of the world is Zambia’s 400m Olympian, Muzala Samukonga.

Muzala, 23, won a bronze medal at the summer Olympic Games in Paris. The Zambian, a track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400m, at the age of 19, won gold medals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and African Championships.

Currently ranked number nine globally in the 400m, Muzala is expected to light up the championship in Accra, which Ghana hosts for the first time in over four decades.