Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria’s Adegoke beats world fastest man in 100m heat

Nigeria’s Enoch Adegoke on Saturday beat the fastest man in the world this year and seventh fastest of all-time, USA’s Trayvon Brommel, in the men’s 100

Adegoke ran 9.98 seconds in the men’s 100 metres to beat Brommel, who tops the pre-Games world list with the 9.77 seconds he ran last month in Florida, USA and qualify for Sunday’s semi-finals.

The 21-year-old sprint star 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. He is now joined in the semi-finals by compatriot Usheoritse Itsekiri who ran 10.15 seconds to place third in heat 1. Adegoke will compete in the second semi-final, while Itsekiri will appear in Sunday’s first semi-final.Related Topics:

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