Career
His personal best of 9.91 at 100 m makes him the current holder of the Asian 100m record. He was a finalist in the 400 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but served a two-year ban from January 2012 to 2014 after a positive drugs test. He moved to Qatar in October 2009 and began international competition the following year.
At the Games in Guangzhou he took two gold medals, winning over 200 m and 400 metres with personal bests of 20.43 seconds and 45.12 seconds, respectively.
He follows in the footsteps of Samuel Francis, another Nigerian sprinter who transferred to compete for Qatar. He equalled the Championships record (2041 s) en route to gold.
He then did even better at the World Military Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when he completed a 100 metres and 200 metres double. He set new championship marks over both distances (1007 and 2046).
Ogunode served a two-year ban lasting until January 2014 for the use of the prohibited substance Clenbuterol.
He set a further Asian record at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships by winning the 100 m in a time of 9.91 seconds, having already broken the championship record with a run of 9.97 seconds in the semi-finals. Outdoor
100 metres – 9.91 seconds (2015) Arkansas
200 metres – 19.97 seconds (2015) Arkansas
400 metres – 45.12 seconds (2010)
Indoor
60 metres – 6.51 seconds (2014)
400 metres – 47.15 seconds (2010).