Nigeria’s 22-Year-Old Divine Oduduru Is Officially The Fastest Man In The World

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 13-year-old jinx

The 22-year-old 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.

Sub-10 it is for #Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru of @TexasTechTF @odudurudivine1 runs 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.#Oduduru shaves over a tenth of a second off his previous PB. pic.twitter.com/YBvwMuRjAm

— Athletics Africa (@athleticsafrica) April 20, 2019