Nigerian Man Dethrones Usain Bolt as the Fastest Man in the World | Read
Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru achievement has again put Nigeria on the radar of victory after he smashed Usain Bolt’s record to become the fastest man in the world.
Divine who is currently a student of the Texas Tech University, broke a 10-year-old jinx after he 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.
