The Athletics Federation of Nigeria(AFN) has revealed that Nigeria’s fastest man, Obinna Metu is still training with Usain Bolt in Jamaica on scholarship.
According to the Technical Director of AFN, Sunday Bada, he stated that the Athletics body is however, optimistic that Metu would have improved after training with the Jamaican.
“Obinna Metu is training presently with Usain Bolt and we are hopeful that the result of the training will come out when the season opens,” Bada opined.
In the same vein, AFN expressed a desire to see the fastest man in Africa, Olusoji Fasuba bounce back from the spate of injuries which is threatening the career of the Nigeria born athlete.
Bada said: ” Fasuba is also trying to have come back after series of injuries, the sport is full of ‘ups and down’, sometimes, some athletes are not lucky with injury. Fasuba is struggling with injury and we are hopeful that as a strong athlete and a good athlete and African record-holder, he will do everything to come back and we are also doing
everything to sustain and support him.
Having beaten Frank Fredericks’ previous mark, Fasuba is the 100 m African record holder with 9.85 s. Furthermore, this places him as the ninth fastest 100 m runner ever and the fastest runner outside of the NACAC area. He also has the third fastest time by an African runner in the 60 metres with 6.49 s; only Leonard Myles-Mills and fellow Nigerian Deji Aliu have run faster.
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Metu still training with Bolt –AFN