Another Nigerian, Divine Oduduru Disqualifed From Tokyo Olympics

By Osas Osunde31 July 20211 min read

Team Nigeria seems to be having a bad outing at the Olympics as another prominent athlete, Divine Oduduru gets disqualified.

Barely a day after Blessing Okagbare got ousted from the Tokyo Olympics on the grounds of failing a drug test, Oduduru got disqualified from the 100m men’s event for a false start.

The video replay showed America’s Fred Kerley had made a movement before the gun but it was Oduduru who was disqualified, starting from Lane 2.

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