Nigeria’s athlete, Enoch Adegoke on Saturday happened to defeats 2021 fastest man in the world at the men’s 100-meter sporting event that took place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
Adegoke ran 9.98 seconds in the men’s 100 meters to beat Brommel, who tops the pre-Games world list with the 9.77 seconds he ran last month in Florida, USA, and qualified for the semifinals on Sunday.
Enoch Obaloluwa Adegoke is a Nigerian sprinter. He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in both the 100 metres and the 4×100 metres relay.
Adegoke who ran on lane 6 of round 2 of the Olympic Stadium in the first round of the event defeated Femi Ogunode, who represented Qatar and arrived in 10.02.
Following his victory in the tournament, the 21-year-old Adegoke was enrolled to into the semi-final by his compatriot Usheoritse Itsekiri who ran 10.15 seconds to place third in Round 1.
Adegoke will advance to the second semi-final, while Itsekiri will advance to the first semi-final on Sunday.
Their teammate, Divine Oduduru, however, was evicted in the game after he loosed at the beginning of Round 5.
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