In 2016 Divine Oduduru ran in the 200m semi-final of the Summer Olympic Games, in a time of 20.59, but missed out of a place in the final.


His semi-final time was well short, falling behind his brilliant performance in the heat of the same event, where he finished behind only eventual 200m champion , Jamaica’s Usain Bolt.


Oduduru ran a personal best of 20.34 in the race and his exploits attracted a chat from one of the greatest Olympian and Sports man the world has seen, Bolt.

Bolt went on to win the 200m final in a time of 19.78 to set a season’s best in what was a competitive field but with a slow time.



Fast forward three years, with Oduduru now taking tutelage at the prestigious Texas Tech Raiders, the former African Junior champion and African Games silver medal winner is posting incredible times.


Read More: https://www.brila.net/nigerian-beats-usain-bolts-200m-gold-medal-winning-time-at-rio-2016-olympics/

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The guy must have sold gala in traffic before.

This is no news... Even the super eagles win friendly matches but fall flat in a tournament. Same way our golden eaglets win African titles and even world titles (a record 5x) but we haven't managed to translate that to the big stage.

Make I sleep jare.... Beep me when he does that in the Olympics.

This guy