Oduduru, Amusan Top List Of Nigeria’s Three Biggest Performances And Performers Of All-Time
Fasuba, Obikwelu complete top three for men; Brume and Okagbare for the women
Divine Oduduru and Tobi Amusan may not have been the most decorated Nigerian athletes ever but the duo have put up the greatest performances in the history of track and field in Nigeria.
Oduduru’s 19.73 run over the 200m in June 2019 which enabled him to successfully complete the sprint double at the NCAA finals in Austin, Texas, USA is the biggest performance in Nigerian track and field history.
Courtesy the World Athletics’ Scoring Tables of Athletics which can be used amongst other uses to compare results achieved in different athletic events, SportsNow can now reveal that Oduduru’s 19.73 run is equivalent to running a 9.83 over the 100m, 43.82 in the 400m, jumping 8.58m and 17.92m over the long and triple jump
respectively and throwing 22.37 (Shot Put), 70.98 (Discus Throw), 83.86 (Hammer Throw) and 91.32 (Javelin Throw).
Olusoji Fasuba comes a close second to Oduduru with the 9.85 seconds he ran in May 2006 to set a then African record and a still subsisting Nigerian record while Francis Obikwelu’s incredible 19.84 performance over the half lap event at the semifinal stage at the World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain is third.
For the women, Amusan’s historic 12.12 World Record run en route to her winning the world title in Oregon at the World Championships in Athletics is the greatest performance ever by a Nigerian woman.
The 25 year’s performance is equivalent to running a 10.67 in the 100m, 21.68 in the 200m and 48.83 in the 400m.
Amusan is followed by her close friend, Ese Brume whose 7.17m African record jump in California last year is equivalent to jumping a 15.34m in the triple jump and throwing a 20.76m in the Shot Put.
It is also equivalent to running a 10.75 in the 100m and 21.84 in the 200m.
Suspended Nigeria 100m/200m record holder, Blessing Okagbare comes third with the 10.79 then African record she ran over the blue riband event in London in 2013. The
performance is equal to jumping 7.13m in the long jump and 15.25m in the triple jump.
