New Zealand’s fastest man Eddie Osei-Nketia switches allegiance to Australia

MELBOURNE Australia AP Eddie Osei-Nketia who is New Zealand s record holder in the and meters completed his eligibility switch to Australia on Thursday The -year-old USC sprinter informed The Associated Press he wants to help Australia earn medals at top competitions including the Los Angeles Olympics My goal with Australia is to break both the m and m record and also help the relay organization to not just make the finals also to earn a medal in the big stage and with the association I believe it s realizable he commented in a written declaration Not just LA the Commonwealth Games world championships and the world relay any chance we get Osei-Nketia ran a at the world championships in Oregon latest the record held by his father Gus The -second man joins the nation s rising sprinting stocks This is going to be fun Australian Athletics stated in a social media post He has been lighting up Australian tracks for years but Edward Osei-Nketia is now officially eligible to represent Australia on the world stage successfully completing his transfer of allegiance from New Zealand Osei-Nketia set the New Zealand record in the when he ran a in May for USC in an NCAA West preliminary rounds meet in College Station Texas He added I am with Australia from here on out After not being selected by New Zealand for the Tokyo Olympics the Auckland-born Osei-Nketia tried American football He signed to play wide receiver for Hawaii in before returning to the track for USC AP sports https apnews com sports Source