Editing Obadele Thompson (section)

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Obadele started his senior collegiate season by winning the WAC indoor 55 m in 5.99 sec.—a new NCAA record and his second world record. He is the first and only man to go under the 6-second barrier in that event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=15&sex_id=M&yyear=2008|title=Track & Field News – Lists|website=trackandfieldnews.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-02-21|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221161416/https://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-lists?list_id=15&sex_id=M&yyear=2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the NCAA Indoor Championships, he became the third male athlete to win back-to-back 200 m titles. Unfortunately, he false started in the 55 m finals, despite being heavily favoured to win after running 6.08 sec. in the semifinals, which was 0.10 sec. faster than all competitors at the entire meet. In May, he defeated the 1996 Olympic 100 m champion and world record holder, [[Donovan Bailey]], in the 100 m in [[Tempe, Arizona]]. Thompson also co-captained his team to back-to-back WAC Outdoor titles. In rainy conditions at the NCCA Outdoor Championships in [[Bloomington, Indiana]], he won the NCAA 100 and 200 metres in 10.13 sec. and 20.03 sec., respectively, running the latter into a heavy headwind. He became only the sixth person since 1969 to win this double.