World record holder Tobi Amusan will headline the challenge at the 12th leg of the Diamond League in Silesia, Poland, on Saturday, as four Nigerian athletes continue their push to secure qualification for the season-ending finals in Zurich, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

Fresh from clinching her fifth national title in Lagos, Amusan returns to the Diamond League in search of her fourth Diamond Trophy.

She will be competing in the women’s 100m hurdles for the sixth time this season, having already claimed victory in Rabat in May and recorded her season’s best of 12.24s in Paris, then following it with a 12.38s second-place finish in another leg of the circuit in Oregon in July.

Currently ranked 10th in the world, Amusan sits second in the Diamond League points standings for the event with 17 points, just ahead of the Netherlands’ Nadine Visser, and behind leader Grace Stark of the United States on 35 points.

A win or a high finish in Silesia could secure her ticket to Zurich. She faces a strong field which includes world number three Masai Russell of the US, world number four Ackera Nugent of Jamaica, and 2023 world champion Danielle Williams, also of Jamaica.

Joining Amusan in Poland is Favour Ofili, who will contest the women’s 200m for the first time this season in the Diamond League.

The Turkish-bound sprinter sits 17th in the 100m standings with four points, following a fifth-place finish in her debut at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon.

Still unranked in the 200m, she will face off with world number one Brittany Brown of the US, Britain’s Daryll Neita, ranked fifth, and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson, the second-fastest woman of all time over the distance.

Ezekiel Nathaniel also returns to the Diamond League stage for just the second time in his professional career, after a stellar collegiate season in the US, which earned him a Bowerman Award finalist nomination.

The 22-year-old 400m hurdler placed third in Oregon with a time of 47.88s, earning six points to sit 15th in the standings.

In Silesia, he will line up against Norway’s Karsten Warholm, the world record holder and reigning Olympic champion, Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba, and Jamaica’s Roshawn Clarke.

In the men’s shot put, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi is eyeing a strong finish to boost his chances of qualifying for the final.

The African record holder sits sixth in the standings with nine points, following a historic performance in Oregon where he threw 22.10m to set new Nigerian and continental records.

He will face a formidable field that includes Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri, world number two, and world number three Joe Kovacs of the US.

With only three meetings remaining, just 64 athletes worldwide have secured their spots for the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 27–28 August, leaving plenty still at stake.

The coveted Diamond Trophy and a share of the $2.24m prize fund await only the most consistent performers across the 14-meeting series.