Athletics: Chidi Imoh sets new African 100m record
Chidi
Imoh of Nigeria set a new African record of 10.00 seconds in the 100
metres in the West Berlin Athletics Grand Prix on August 15. Imoh's
hopes of winning a sprint medal in the Commonwealth Games were dashed by
the Nigerian Government's decision to boycott the event in Edinburgh,
but he gained some compensation with his fine run in West Berlin.
Only Ben Johnson of Canada, the fastest man in the world this year, has proved consistently better than Imoh, and in his absence the Nigerian had little trouble in defeating world record holder Calvin Smith of the United States, who came third, and Marian Woronin of Poland, who finished second in 10.11 seconds.
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