ATHLETICS: Okagbare Sets New 100m Nigeria/Africa Record
Reigning Nigeria 100m champion, Blessing Okagbare raced into African history books Saturday at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London, running 10.79 seconds to set a new Nigeria and African record.
Okagbare had earlier in the heat erased the 10. 90 seconds African record set in 0 by her compatriot,Glory Alozie with a commanding 10.86 seconds.
In the second heat,Jamaica's reigning Olympic champion,Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a world leading 10.77 seconds to win thereby setting the stage for a titanic battle in the final.
Okagbare was in her elements in the final,storming out of the blocks in bullet-like fashion to win the race and the maximun IAAF Diamond League points to take her tally to 10,two behind Fraser-Pryce who could only manage a fourth place.
Barbara Pierre of the United States (10.85) came second while - was third Interstingly,Okagbare chose the London meeting,tagged the Saintsbury anniversary meeting to commemorate last year's Olympic Games to announce to the whole world what happened at the games where she failed to fulfil expectations was just by happenstance. She also raced into reckoning as a firm favourite for the blue ribband title at next month's 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow,Russia.
She is thus on the path of becoming the second Nigerian woman after Alozie to win an individual medal at the IAAF flagship championships and the first individual,man or woman to win a world title.
Okagbare had earlier in the heat erased the 10. 90 seconds African record set in 0 by her compatriot,Glory Alozie with a commanding 10.86 seconds.
In the second heat,Jamaica's reigning Olympic champion,Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a world leading 10.77 seconds to win thereby setting the stage for a titanic battle in the final.
Okagbare was in her elements in the final,storming out of the blocks in bullet-like fashion to win the race and the maximun IAAF Diamond League points to take her tally to 10,two behind Fraser-Pryce who could only manage a fourth place.
Barbara Pierre of the United States (10.85) came second while - was third Interstingly,Okagbare chose the London meeting,tagged the Saintsbury anniversary meeting to commemorate last year's Olympic Games to announce to the whole world what happened at the games where she failed to fulfil expectations was just by happenstance. She also raced into reckoning as a firm favourite for the blue ribband title at next month's 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow,Russia.
She is thus on the path of becoming the second Nigerian woman after Alozie to win an individual medal at the IAAF flagship championships and the first individual,man or woman to win a world title.
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