By Samuel Akpan in Paris
Nigeria’s Kanyisola Ajayi is through to the semifinals of the men’s 100m heat, defeating Olympic champion Lamont Marcell of Italy on a cold Saturday morning in Paris.
Persecondnews correspondent covering the games reports that Ajayi put everyone on notice with his breathtaking performance to win heat 5 of the men’s 100m in a time of 10.02s (-0.3).
Ajayi defeated the Olympic champion, Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who finished 2nd in 10.05s, with Ghana’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu coming in 3rd in a time of 10.06s.
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