4 Records held by African athletes that may never be broken

Africans have been setting the bar high in all sports across the globe and there are some records that seem unreal and will take ages to be broken.

Sadio Mane and Eliud Kipchoge are among the Africans who have set records in the sports that they take part in.

While playing for Southampton in 2015, Sadio Mane scored a hattrick against Aston Villa in a record of 2 minutes 56 seconds. By doing so, Mane had simply shattered Fowler's record which was three goals scored in 4 minutes and 33 seconds.

Mane would, later on, secure a move to Liverpool after setting the bar high while at Southampton. It is safe to say that Mane's record will never be beaten after 7 years of waiting.

Eliud Kipchoge, not a new name to many people is simply a role model to those who know him after beating all odds to write history in long distance races.

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In October 2019, Kipchoge set out to become the first man in history to complete a marathon in under 2 hours, a feat which he achieved in 1:59:40 in Austria.

The IAAF didn't document Kipchoge's record in the marathon books simply because they didn't organize the race but it later went into the Guinness book of records as the fastest marathon ever run by any man.

Serge Djiéhoua, a name that many football fans might struggle to remember made headlines in 2013 after being sent off, 3 seconds after coming on as a substitute.

Djiéhoua holds the record for the fastest ever red card in football history when he was dismissed just 3 seconds after coming on as a substitute in 2013.

Djiéhoua comes from Ivory Coast and his record might never be broken after the 2013 ordeal in the Greek second division.

Nigerian boxer Efe Ajagba holds the record for the fastest win in boxing history, after a rare incident that happened back then, one second into the match.

Ajagba was about to fight Curtis Harper in a much anticipated heavyweight bout when Harper walked out of the ring, just 1 second after the bell rang, leading to a disqualification and a record win for Ajagba.