The 21-year-old Nigerian had delighted his compatriots by storming into the event’s final earlier in the day to raise hopes for the much-awaited medal after series of disappointment for Team Nigeria.
Browsing: Divine Oduduru
The 21-year-old, who ran on lane 6 of heat 2 at the Olympic Stadium in the event’s first round, beat Femi Ogunode, who represented Qatar and came in at 10.02.
Visa announced that Nigerian Athlete Divine Oduduru has been signed on to their global Team Visa programme for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Both athletes were disqualified for not showing up in the 100m race after being listed to compete.
Nigerian pair of Divine Oduduru and Blessing Okagbare have received reprieve after an apparent bureaucratic mixup and will race in the men’s and women’s 200 meters races respectively at the world athletics championships.
The same rule could also apply in the case of Blessing Okagbare
Nigeria’s medal hopeful, Divine Oduduru, has pulled out of the 100 metres dash at the ongoing IAAF World Championship in Doha
Olisakwe, who alongside Divine Oduduru, ThankGod Igbube and Victor Peka won the medal in Addis Ababa, said he had resumed training and working hard to ensure that 2019 would be a good year for him.
Soetan, an Ogun-based coach, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the performances of the Delta-born athlete in 2017 showed that he would effectively challenge world beaters.