Kanyinsola Ajayi: Shattered Dreams in Glasgow

When Olusoji Fasuba won a silver medal in the 100m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, with a time of 10.11 seconds behind Jamaica’s Asafa Powell, not many Nigerians would have believed the country would wait for another 20 years before another Nigerian male sprinter would climb the podium for a Commonwealth Games medal. But with Kanyinsola Ajayi having lowered his season’s best to 9.84 seconds ahead of the final in Glasgow, following consecutive Diamond League wins over reigning world champion, Oblique Seville, many would have bet on Fasuba’s silver being upgraded in Glasgow. A disappointing 9.90 seconds return in the final by the 21-year-old could only earn the country a bronze

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