S’Africa’s Simbine Erases Fasuba's 15-year-old 100m African Record
Okagbare races to new 10.89 personal season’s best in 100m
Olusoi detokunbo Fasuba’s ŗ5-year reign as rica’s astest man ended yesterday with
outh rica’s kani imbine stepping into the saddle as the new king o speed in the continent with a new ş.ŞŚ seconds. imbine shaed oě a hundreth o a second rom the ş.Ş5 seconds Fasuba clocked at the 200Ŝ Doha rand ri¡ in atar. With barely a month to the start o the athletics eents o the Tokyo 2020 Olympic amesǰ imbine running at the Istan yulai Memorial meeting in Budapestǰ Hungary on Tuesdayǰ sent a strong signal to the rest o the ęeld that the blue ribband eent in the Far ast will be a tough call.
igeria’s Diine Oduduru who was touted as possibly the man to erase Fasuba’s rican record ater he scorched to a ş.ŞŜ seconds ęnish to win the
ŗ00m title in 20ŗşǰ ęnished third in the 200m race in Budapest as imbine returned to complete a double in 20.25secs. Oduduru hit the ęnish line in 20.řŞ or the bronze medal.
he race as OduduruȂs ęrst since n the a¢ řŗ.omenȂs ŗ00mǰ Blessing Okagbare raced to a ne ŗ0.Şş seconds personal seasonȇs best to place ourth
in the ŗ00m eent. he igerianǰ looking to make it a hatȬtrick o ŗ00m wins at the meeting could not race past two amaicansǰ 20ŗŜ io Ol¢mpics double sprint championǰ laine hompsonȬ erah ǻŗ0.ŝŗǼ and hell¢Ȭ nn raserȬ r¢ce ǻŗ0.Ş2Ǽ. ellow ricanǰ or¢ oastȇs arieȬ ose a ou who ran ŗ0.ŞŜ seconds placed third.
Okagbare won the eent in 20ŗŜ and 20ŗŝ but aced her biggest test eer at the eent on Tuesday.
While the apele-born sprint ueen ailed to win or the third time in Budapestǰ Okagbare howeer returned with a personal seasonȇs bestǰ her ęth legal run inside ŗŗ seconds this season and 2řrd oerall since she ęrst broke ŗŗ seconds at the ia rand ri¡ in rystal alaceǰ London in uly 20ŗ2.
Okagbare will now head to the tade Louis ŗŗ stadium in Monaco or the Herculis epter Diamond League meeting on Friday with her sight set on becoming the ęrst igerian nay rican woman to break 22 seconds in the hal lap race.