Nigeria’s athlete Enoch Adegoke has qualified for the semi-final in men’s 100m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
He emerged first in his heat after clocking a new personal best of 9.98seconds.
Enoch Adegoke beat Asian record holder, Femi Ogunode, and British star, Zharnel Hughes and 2021 World leader Travon Brommel to win his 100m heat.
With this, Enoch has become the 11th Nigerian in history to go under 10 seconds and the 10th joint-fastest Nigerian in history.
However, Bromell, the fastest in the world this year and favourite to win the Tokyo Olympics men’s 100 metres gold, sneaked through the first-round heats as the fastest loser on Saturday, pouring even more intrigue into Sunday’s final.
Adegoke is the fastest home-based Nigerian so far this season. Watch the video below:
Enoch Adegoke – 9.98secs 🚀🚀🚀 pic.twitter.com/H4qYog0Haw
— Tola (@adetolaov) July 31, 2021