Blessing Okagbare has
won Nigeria’s first medal
in Moscow as she leaped
6.99 metres to clinch the
silver medal in the long
jump event final. The Sapele-born athlete
qualified for the final of the
Women’s long jump event at
the on-going IAAF World
Championship in Moscow with
a jump of 6.83m, placing second in the qualification
behind Great Britain’s Shara
Proctor who jumped a
distance of 6.85m in her first
attempt to automatically
qualify for the final. The minimum qualification
requirement was 6.75m or at
least the 12 best
performances. Blessing Okagbare, who is the
country’s hope to win its first
gold medal at the World
Athletic in Moscow, became
the first Nigerian and African
woman to duck under 10.80 seconds in the women’s 100m
dash when she smashed the
African women’s 100m record
twice on her way to victory
at the London Anniversary
Games two weeks ago. Her performance on the track
this season has given Nigerians
hope of medals in the world
championship. Based on her achievements
lately, Team Nigeria registered
Okagbare for four events,
including the Long jump,
4x100m relay, 200m and 100m. Okagbare had on June 30, won
the 200m in the Birmingham
Diamond League in 22.55
seconds. She also won the
long jump event at IAAF
Diamond League on July 5 in Lausanne, with 6.98 metres
before crossing to Monaco
IAAF Diamond League, where
she recorded a personal best
of 7.04m also in the long jump. Nigeria last won a medal at
the Athletic World
Championship in 1999, a
drought Blessing Okagbare has
ended with her victory. www.channelstv.com/home/2013/08/11/okagbare-wins-nigerias-first-medal-in-moscow/

Good one from Blessing, God bless her.

tayoccu: Good one from Blessing, God bless her.

yeah, nigerias first medai in about fifteen years. i'm very happy for her. Hope she keeps on winning. At least a gold this time around. Warri no dey carri last.

She's truly becoming a legend

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