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Nigerian born athlete, Divine Oduduru has broken Nigeria’s 13 years sub 10 seconds jinx in the 100 meters race."I worked for it and I got it" says
Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru who just became the fastest man in the world
Nigerian athlete and a student of the Texas Tech University, Divine Oduduru, yesterday, ran an impressive 100m/200m double at the Michael Johnson Classicin Waco, Texas.
The 22-year-old posted the fastest time in the world, this year, in the 100m of 9.95 seconds, beating his personal best time by 0.1 seconds. .
45 minutes later Oduduru returned to track and clocked another impressive time of 19.76 seconds in the 200m which is the 2 all time and World lead in 2019. .
Shortly after achieving the feat, he told TexasTechTF: “I worked for it and I got it.” .
“In my 35 years of coaching, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Tech coach Wes Kittley said after Oduduru recorded the double wins in the 100m and 200m events. .
“To run that 9.94 and then 40 minutes later, ran the 200. This was a really tight schedule and pretty spectacular performances that close together.
Oduduru broke his best records to set a world leading record of 9.95sec to win at the Micheal Johnson Invitational on Saturday.
He broke Francis Obikwelu’s national record of 19.84sec set in 1999 in the 200 meters, with a new world leading NR and SR of 19.76s.
Oduduru is the ninth Nigeria to ever sub-10 in the 100m, and the second to go sub-20 in the 200m.
Nigerian born athlete, Divine Oduduru has broken Nigeria’s 13 years sub 10 seconds jinx in the 100 meters race."I worked for it and I got it" says
Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru who just became the fastest man in the world
Nigerian athlete and a student of the Texas Tech University, Divine Oduduru, yesterday, ran an impressive 100m/200m double at the Michael Johnson Classicin Waco, Texas.
The 22-year-old posted the fastest time in the world, this year, in the 100m of 9.95 seconds, beating his personal best time by 0.1 seconds. .
45 minutes later Oduduru returned to track and clocked another impressive time of 19.76 seconds in the 200m which is the 2 all time and World lead in 2019. .
Shortly after achieving the feat, he told TexasTechTF: “I worked for it and I got it.” .
“In my 35 years of coaching, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Tech coach Wes Kittley said after Oduduru recorded the double wins in the 100m and 200m events. .
“To run that 9.94 and then 40 minutes later, ran the 200. This was a really tight schedule and pretty spectacular performances that close together.
Oduduru broke his best records to set a world leading record of 9.95sec to win at the Micheal Johnson Invitational on Saturday.
He broke Francis Obikwelu’s national record of 19.84sec set in 1999 in the 200 meters, with a new world leading NR and SR of 19.76s.
Oduduru is the ninth Nigeria to ever sub-10 in the 100m, and the second to go sub-20 in the 200m.
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