Nigerian Teen Divine Iheme Breaks 100m World Record for 14-Year-Olds: "Next Usain Bolt"

• The British-Nigerian teenager Divine Iheme has recently broken the world age 14 100 metres record
• The young sprinter clocked a time of 10.30 seconds, smashing the previous record held by Sachin Dennis
• The 14-year-old speed master is the son of former Nigerian sprinters Innocent and Nkiruku Iheme

Nigerian teenager Divine Iheme has broken the world's 100-metre record in the 14-year-old category at the National Championship in Great Britain.

Iheme is the daughter of former Nigerian sprinters Innocent and Nkiruku, representing Nigeria at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Divine represents the country of his birth, Great Britain, ditching the country of his parents like many other athletes of dual nationality have done in the past.

Divine Iheme sets world record

According to World Athletics Hub, the 14-year-old ran 100 metres in 10.30 seconds at the National Championship, beating the previous record held by Jamaican Sachin Dennis by 0.20 seconds.

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Reactions to the news:

Here are some of the responses to the post.

@SwavZielin:

"11.3 is a good time for a 14-year-old."

@KRMCF1234567:

"Wow future is bright."

@willgz7:

"I remember watching this guy run 11.2 at 12 years old. 10.3 is abnormal."

@etherealfarasan:

"How is that even possible? Many professional adult sprinters don't run that fast."

@glowboxdave:

"Absolutely Incredible."

@belman297:

"Is the future of British and international sprinting Divine?"

@KWO_Sports:

"That shouldn’t be possible, amazing!"

Her mother and trainer Nkiruku, speaking to Sky Sports ahead of the event, claimed Iheme, who broke the British record in 100m and 200m, set his sights on the world record and has deservedly achieved it.

"Everybody knows him as 'Lightning' Divine, that's who he is. He looks at the record and says, 'I want to beat that'," she said.

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“He says his target is to beat the world junior U15 [record]. The world junior record is 10.51, and he's run three times 10.46, but because the wind was 0.2, it's not legal, so he has the capacity to do that.”

The boy admitted to studying clips of the legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, and many fans believe he might eventually be that man to break Bolt's 9.58 seconds record in 100 metres.

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Source: Legit.ng