Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru has reportedly run the 2019 world fastest time on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in 100 and 200 metre.
Divine Oduduru set personal record and another for his school,Texas Tech on Saturday, April 20, 2019. (Twitter/Texas Tech)
The new feat is said to be a personal record in his career and at the same time a new record for his school, Texas Tech in the 100m in the world this year.
After running the world lead in 10-metre in 9.94 seconds, 45 minutes after, Oduduru set another world lead in 200-metre in 19.76 seconds.
According to KDBA, Oduduru went for an impressive 19.76 in the 200-meter, the second fastest time ever by a collegiate runner.
Earlier in February, Oduduru won two titles at the Big 12 Indoor Championship while smashing a couple of records in the 200m.
Pulse reported that the 22-yr-old first beat the field to win the 60m title for the first time ever at the Big 12 Championships with a Personal Best (PB) and School Record time of 6.52s.
Oduduru now holds Texas Tech’ s record in 100 and 200- metre.
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