Nigeria, April 27 -- Thirty-three years after he retired from athletics, Innocent Egbunike, unarguably one of Nigeria's best athletes and coaches, is still ranked among the All-Time Greats in the sport.

This is despite improvements in coaching, diet and nutrition, running shoes and kits that give today's athletes a tremendous advantage.

In a recent survey done by World Athletics, the world governing body of the sport, and Track and Field News, the American athletics magazine that athletics aficionados called the Bible of the Sports, Egbunike earned a seat to dine on the table with the All-Time Greats courtesy of a 10.15 seconds performance in the 100m, 20.42 seconds in the 200m and 44.17 seconds in the 400m, his speciality.

Being world...