Nigeria’s Enoch Adegoke qualified automatically for the final for the men’s 100m, which is set for later on Sunday, as he was given second place in the second semi-final.
It needed a photo finish to separate him from the USA’s Trayvon Bromell, with both men given a time of 10.00 seconds.
Also in the first semi-final, Nigeria’s Usheoritse ‘Dushos’ Itsekiri pulled up with a hamstring injury a few metres from the finish line, while South Africa’s Gift Leotlela doing the same as he crossed the line.
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