Last December, World Athletics revealed the pathway to
qualify for athletics at Paris 2024, including the entry standards athletes
will need to achieve between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.
Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to secure her place
at the Games. She achieved this feat at the BAUHAUS-Galan Diamond League event
in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 2, where she clocked an impressive 12.52secs in
the 100m hurdles race at the Olympiastadion.
The entry standard for the 100m hurdles was set at 12.77
seconds.
The 26-year-old has since improved her time, recording a personal
season’s best of 12.34secs at the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Diamond
League event in Chorzów, Poland on on July 16.
Nathaniel, the 400m hurdles record holder (48.42secs) for
Nigeria, earned his ticket to his first-ever Olympics by competing at the World
Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The 20-year-old clocked a time of 48.47secs, surpassing the
entry standard of 48.70secs.
Meanwhile, long jumper, Ese Brume missed narrowly missed
securing her spot for the Paris Olympics at the World Athletics Championships
in Budapest, falling short by just two centimeters with a jump of 6.84 meters,
placing her fourth in the final. However, she still has an opportunity to meet
the required 6.86m mark to qualify for the global event.
She will have her next chance at the Diamond League final in
Oregon, USA, which is scheduled to take place between September 16-17. Brume
has previously participated in two Olympic Games, finishing fifth in her debut
in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and earning a third-place finish five years
later in Tokyo, Japan.