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Nigeria's Divine Oduduru who is currently a student of the Texas Tech University, has become the fastest man in the world after breaking a 10-year-old jinx.The Nigerian born sprinter who competed in the 200m and finished 7th at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, ran sub-10 over the weekend in an invitational.

Divine Oduduru became the fastest man in the world, after he ran the fastest time in the world in 2019, clocking a lifetime best of 9.94 (0.8 m/s), at the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas.His 100m PB, until the invitation, was 10.10 set in 2018. He also smashed his 200m PB still stands at 20.08, running the fastest time this year, 19.76.

He not only shattered his own PB (20.08) in the 200m, his time would have won him gold at the 2016 Olympic Games 200m event, with Usain Bolt in the field.



https://unclesuru.com/2019/04/21/nigerias-divine-oduduru-becomes-fastest-man-in-the-world-beats-usain-bolt-record/

Dis guy wey speak one Americana grammar dat year in Delta state games... Oyibo weather is enough to change ur skin and accent

Why are people always doing better when they go abroad.
Ebi like say most village people can't trace somebody when he/she flies out

The guy might be a good sprinter but, that fear factor when placed among the bad guys such as bolt, justin gatlin, asafa powell etc...the guy might end up coming 5th or 6th.

i dont know why bloggers are so stupid that they rely on clickbait articles,i rushed into this thread to see something amazing but turns out it was all for nothing.

FYI the world record in the 100m stands at 9.58 seconds while the world record at the 200m stands at 19.19 seconds and both belongs to Bolt

chinambusay:
Nigeria's Divine Oduduru who is currently a student of the Texas Tech University, has become the fastest man in the world after breaking a 10-year-old jinx.The Nigerian born sprinter who competed in the 200m and finished 7th at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, ran sub-10 over the weekend in an invitational.

Divine Oduduru became the fastest man in the world, after he ran the fastest time in the world in 2019, clocking a lifetime best of 9.94 (0.8 m/s), at the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas.His 100m PB, until the invitation, was 10.10 set in 2018. He also smashed his 200m PB still stands at 20.08, running the fastest time this year, 19.76.

He not only shattered his own PB (20.08) in the 200m, his time would have won him gold at the 2016 Olympic Games 200m event, with Usain Bolt in the field.



https://unclesuru.com/2019/04/21/nigerias-divine-oduduru-becomes-fastest-man-in-the-world-beats-usain-bolt-record/



lalasticlala, seun, mynd44, dominique

bolt has retired,i believe powell has retired as well and gatlin is not as he used to be,there is hope for nigerian sprinting but the likes of christian coleman and noah lyles wont go down easy

toffyz:
The guy might be a good sprinter but, that fear factor when placed among the bad guys such as bolt, justin gatlin, asafa powell etc...the guy might end up coming 5th or 6th.

Congrats to him...

I hope he replicates same at the Olympics

Stories from blogs are hardly true.

Acjohn:
Why are people always doing better when they go abroad.
Ebi like say most village people can't trace somebody when he/she flies out

For n number of reasons:

- Govt
-Better Facilities
-Better Equipment
-Better Training
-Better Organization
-Better Encouragement
-Better PayScale and Financial

, etc.

Unfortunately Jubril Al-Sudan's Nigeria can only BOMB its Citizens.

They never espered it.

Oh...that's good.
I hope his village people won't jump on the next flight to U.S

I’m happy he has left this country and it’s mad rulers behind

This sounds nice, but those figures there didn't break any of Bolt's records for 100m or 200m.

He probably just beat Bolt's winning time in Rio. That in itself is impressive all the same.

No be dis guy talk "I never experredit" that year?

With Dalung remaining as sports
Minister, this chap may end up running
for another country that values talent.

Meanwhile, which of Bolts record has
he smashed?

good news at least

I never experred it! We die together....lol

Please stop it!

His 100m time is the fastest in the world this year! He didn't break Bolt's record. The world record is 9.58. please modify your headline

Another tribal thread loading.

Nbote:
Dis guy wey speak one Americana grammar dat year in Delta state games... Oyibo weather is enough to change ur skin and accent

I never experrit

Y who na put Nigeria like say na Nigeria e run for when b say na anoda country e run for congrats to him

i never experred it, for this race we will die together. lol

Congrats Divine

However impregnable an animal defence mechanism maybe, Murphys law of nature states that it will take one animal to evolve and break it.

Congratulations to him but the title is misleading. He did not smash Usain Bolt’s world record of 9:58. However, it’s a great feat that he’s now doing under 10 second in the 100meters category. If he can sustain this record, he will definitely make it to the medal podium at next years Olympic Games.

Wow this is big fake news as usual

360command:
However impregnable an animal defence mechanism maybe, Murphys law of nature states that it will take one animal to evolute and break it.

evolve*

Awesome one, he has been working hard for this.

Nicr

The Nigerian system suppresses dreams.

Hi never hexpered it