Divine Oduduru crashes out of 200m semis ‘when we never expected it’

Divine Oduduru failed to qualify for the Rio Olympic 200 metres final, crashing out of the race after finishing seventh in the semi-final heat.

Oduduru showed enormous potential in the heats, with a personal best of 20: 34 seconds in the semi-final, coming second behind world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt.

The performance of the I-never-expected-it runner at the heat raised the expectations of Nigerians for at least a shot at a medal in the finals. But running a time of 20:59 seconds, Oduduru bows out of the 200 metres race.

Oduduru ran alongside Usain Bolt (Jamaica) who finished first, Canadian Andre Gasse (2nd) and British Adam Gemili (3rd).

Others are Ramil Guliyev, Saleem Eid Yakoob, Ameer Webb.