Nigeria Sprint sensation, Divine Oduduru became the second fastest African, following his amazing performance at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships late Friday night.
He also broke his previous national record for 200m with a time of 19.73s, 45 minutes after his 100m heriocs.
He had earlier broken the national 200m record of 19.84 s set by Francis Obikwelu in 1999 when he ran a time of 19.76s earlier in the year.
The Texas-based athlete became the second Nigerian after Olopade Adeniken (1992), and third African after Frankie Frederick (1991), to successfully complete a sprint double at the NCAA division 1 Championships.
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His 200m time of 19.73s is the NCAA 200m record, 3rd fastest in the world and 3rd fastest on African all-time list.