Divine Oduduru has broken Nigeria’s thirteen years record, finishing a 100 meters race in approximately 10 seconds. Oduduru broke his personal and season best records to set a world-leading record of 9.95sec to win at the Michael Johnson Invitational on Saturday.
He also 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 Nigerian to ever run sub-10 in the 100m, and the second to go sub-20 in the 200m.
“I worked for this,” Oduduru said after the race.
“My coaches have always been telling me that I have to get into the moment where I can feel everything.
“I want to say thank you to Coach Calvin Robinson for getting me to this point in my life and my career.
“We have a great team, and I want to say thank you to everyone for their love and support.