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Nigeria: Indefatigable Fasuba!
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Vanguard (Lagos)
2 May 2008
Posted to the web 2 May 2008
Ben Efe
Lagos
Nigerian sprint sensation, Olusoji Fasuba proved too hot to handle by the rest of Africa as he easily took the 100m title at the African Championships holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In the women race, Damola Osayomi also made athletics easy by winning the race hands down.
Fasuba, who, for three seasons has remained unbeaten,cleaned out the field winning at 10.10 seconds. He remains the first African to win the event three consecutive times and Dr. Amos Adamu of the National Sports Commission said yesterday that it was, yet, another sign of what may happen at the Olympics.
"I am happy we won the 100m men and women. We have already given some of our athletes training grants and it appears everything is paying off," Dr. Adamu said.
AFRICA'S FASTEST MAN....Olusoji Fasuba celebrates after winning the 100m race during a previous outing. Fasuba, yesterday, won the 100m gold at the Africa Athletics Champions holding in Ethiopia. Photo: IAAF
It was Fasuba's first outdoor race of the season and it wasn't a bad start for an athlete who wants to contest for a medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. It is the fifth fastest time of the season.
Veteran sprinter Uche Emedolu took the silver at 10.21, while South Africa Dreyer Hannes was third with 10.24. As usual, Osayomi saved Nigeria some blushes when she ran 11.22 seconds to tighten her grip on the African 100m women division.
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Her rival from Algiers 2007, Vida Anim had to concede defeat after chasing Osayomi down the finish without success. She arrived at 11.43. Cameroonian Delphine Atagana was third with 11.46, while Nigerian duo of Franca Idoko and Gloria Kemesode finished forth and fifth with 11.47 respectively. It was a replay of the All Africa Games.
In the women 100m hurdles All Africa Games champion, Toying Augustus shifted ground as Ivorien Fatmata Fofanah ran 13.10 to set a new national record. Augustus was second best with a close 13.12.
Sade Abugan, Joy Eze and Godday James remained on course for the women and men 400m final. Abugan and Eze qualified for the final with 51.23 and 52.57 respectively, but the race is favourably that of Botswana's Amantle Montsho who clocked 51.16 in her heat.
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