Blessing Okagabare was in yet another blistering form yesterday when
she not only won the 100 m race at the African Athletics Championship
but also set a new championship record of 11 secs.
The amazon who blew away strong oppositions at the Commonwealth Games
in Glasgow, Scotland to win the double, 100 m and 200 m, was dominant
in Marrekech, Morocco as she powered to glory to erase the former
record of 11.03 secs.
In Photo above (Dashing to the finish)...(L-R) Ivory Coast's Murielle
Ahoure, Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare and Jamaica's Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Pryce during the women's 200 metres final at the 2013 IAAF
World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow yesterday.
''I am very happy to have won the title because I just wanted to win
for my fans and do my country proud. Just coming straight from the
Commonwealth Games, my body is tired, but my coach told me to just
focus and execute the race, which was what I did'', she said moments
after the race.
Her closest rival was Ivorian Murielle Ahoure but Okagbare noted that
the competition was stiffer in Glasgow but acknowledged the challenge
of Ahoure and hoped that Nigeria could re-produce having three
Nigerians on a bigger platform like they did in Morocco yesterday.
'' Of course the competition was stiffer at the Commonwealth Games,
but that is not to take anything away from Murielle Ahoure. She is a
great athlete. It was good that we had three Nigerians in the final
but this is Africa. I am hoping that we can have this kind of
representation on a bigger platform, like the World Championships and
the Olympics''..
Okagbare by her records has virtually won everything this summer. She
won the IAAF Golden League in Lausanne, Switzerland and Monaco and
went to the Commonwealth Games where she sent tongues wagging with her
her doubles win in the 100 m and the 200 m. She erased the records.
Vanguard.
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