IT was another moment of joy for Team Nigeria Friday when Blessing Okagbare raced to another medal, this time a bronze, in the 200m women final.
She narrowly missed the silver medal to her fellow African, Ivorian Murielle Ahoure. The duo ran 22.32 seconds, but the Ivorian was credited with the silver for dipping on the finishing line.
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who led the pack from the start to the finish, won thegold medal. She ran 22.17 seconds to add the 200m gold to her kitty, having won the 100m gold earlier in the week. America’s Allyson Felix got injured midway and could not finish the race Friday.
For Okagbare, it was a sweet victory despite finishing third. She entered the history books as the first Nigerian to win two medals in a particular IAAF World Championship. Her silver medal in the long jump event last Sunday broke Nigeria’s 14-year jinx of long wait for medal in the championship.
Before Okagbare’s bronze in the 200m Friday, the women 4x400 relay team began the day on an exciting note for Team Nigeria.
The quartet, which included Regina George, ran a great race by coming from behind to finish second with a season’s best time of three minutes, 27.39 seconds in their heat.
The girls qualified for today’s final behind Team Great Britain, which won the heat in three minutes, 25.29 seconds. France finished third in that race.
In today’s final of the women 4x400m, TeamNigeria will battle it out with USA, Italy, Great Britain, France, Ukraine, Romania and the host country, Russia.
In what looks like a total failure from Nigeria’s male competitors in the Moscow 2013 World Championship, London-based Tosin Oke failed to show up for the triple jump event yesterday. The country’s only hope in the men’s 100m race, Ogho-Oghene Egwero fell by the way side in round one of the sprint event earlier in the week.
One major highpoint in Friday’s event was the victory by Somalia-born Mohamed Farah in the 5000m for Team Great Britain. As he did in the 10000m, Farah beat a pack of Ethiopia and Kenyans to win yesterday’s event in a time of 13 minutes, 26.98 seconds.
The United States of America won the men’s 4x400 metres relay yesterday, with Jamaica and Russia picking the silver and bronze medalshttp://www.ngrguardiannews.com/home/130214-okagbare-grabs-another-medal-for-nigeria-in-moscow

blessing for Nigeria. Blessing deserves national. honour for her brave effort and outstanding. performance. keep it up girl you are my best athlete of the year in TeamNigeria.