Blessing Okagbare has qualified for the final of the women’s 200m event at the 14th IAAF World Athletic Championship in Moscow.

Blessing finished second in the second semi-final race behind Allyson Felix of the USA with an impressive time of 22.39s.
It was a relatively easy race for Blessing as she along with Allyson Felix pulled far away from the rest of the contestants after rounding the bend

towards the home stretch. It almost appeared like both athletes were training partners as they coasted towards the finishing line with about sixty meters left to run, obviously conserving their energies for the final race tomorrow.

The two athletes were clearly no match for the rest of the group yet their heat recorded the fastest qualifying time out of the three semi-final heats.

Considering the way Okagbare’s pulls out of the starting blocks later but catches up with the rest of the group and overtakes them in most of her 100m races a lot of commentators have opined that she is best suited for the 200m event and she seems to be proving them right.

Other qualifiers were Murielle Ahoure of Cote D’ivore, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, Shuanne Miller of Bahamas, Jeneba Tarmoh of the USA, Mariya Ryemyen of Ukraine and Charonda Williams of the USA.

The final event takes place tomorrow at about 1815hrs Nigerian time.



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Gud luck to her!

no show for her. Jam, usa, cot

zobo-i-zee:
no show for her. Jam, usa, cot

who is this one?

I sure say u dey part of dose sapele witches wey dey do d babe ...

this nairaland ... let's b supportive of our own!

which other Nigerian has won a medal at this championships?

she has gotten to the final of all her events and tipped among the favourites .... only Francis obikwelu and Gloria alozie had that level of brilliance .... and they eventually had to change allegiance because of the Nigerian system and people like you that have nothing encouraging to say...

its not by force to comment (whoever you are) ... thank you.

deene:

who is this one?

I sure say u dey part of dose sapele witches wey dey do d babe ...

this nairaland ... let's b supportive of our own!

which other Nigerian has won a medal at this championships?

she has gotten to the final of all her events and tipped among the favourites .... only Francis obikwelu and Gloria alozie had that level of brilliance .... and they eventually had to change allegiance because of the Nigerian system and people like you that have nothing encouraging to say...

its not by force to comment (whoever you are) ... thank you.

Innocent Ebunike won Silver in the 400m in Rome in 1987

Nigeria won Silver in the mens 4x100m in 1997 in Greece

omar22:

Innocent Ebunike won Silver in the 400m in Rome in 1987

Nigeria won Silver in the mens 4x100m in 1997 in Greece

Ebunike was a gr8 athlete.
1987 was around d Carl lewis years I guess... he was a strong contender but am sure even d second was a big surprise to everyone....

I meant Nigerian athletes that were tipped even before competitions for gold medal hopefuls...

and in recent times ... there has been none ... until Okagbare ... I just meant that she shud be encouraged ... that's all.

Good

She's doing pretty well, hope she wins gold tomorrow and moves Nigeria up the in medal list.

Make she no carry last o

If its not winning a medal,then its not making sense!!!



#A Podium finish is a sure banker for Her!!

deene:

who is this one?

I sure say u dey part of dose sapele witches wey dey do d babe ...

this nairaland ... let's b supportive of our own!

which other Nigerian has won a medal at this championships?

she has gotten to the final of all her events and tipped among the favourites .... only Francis obikwelu and Gloria alozie had that level of brilliance .... and they eventually had to change allegiance because of the Nigerian system and people like you that have nothing encouraging to say...

its not by force to comment (whoever you are) ... thank you.

Do not mind him/her.if dem ask am to run,heh go fall yakata for ground

[size=38pt]okagbare, before you enter the final race, i want you to watch this video,


later she did not read my my post, before she ran. she came third. i wish, she did. she would have been first

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FgAg2BXqB4

That's my babe

Gr8....

So happy u blessing,continue to make us proud.

Way to Go!

I pray she wins Gold ths time around

I'm happy she is now in the final,atleast we are sure of a medal but I pray she gets the gold.The babe is simply a phenomenon!

What time is the match?

Wishin u d best of luck

I don't see her winning the final of the 200m.But anything is possible.

Go girl!! It's your time.

otokx: What time is the match?

which match?

On behalf of my family, I prof. Ohi Aide give you my Morale support.

She's pretty, talks great and sprint like Usian Bolt, infact, she's a complete article.

Go gal! Nigeria is behind you all the way!

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Did I mention that she's 5 foot 9, not that it's relevant but deserves a mention all the same.

I wish her luck

urhobo girl.......make naija proud......urhobo wado!!!!

GO FOR GOLD GAL!WE DEY UR BACK!

This girl is doing really good but not heard of cos she is not ibo or Yoruba. Is she is any of this group her naira page woulda gone 199 pages by now.

gsparks01: which match?

Real madrid vs A.S. Roma.

@ Op, congrats to Okagbare!

olabukola: This girl is doing really good but not heard of cos she is not ibo or Yoruba. Is she is any of this group her naira page woulda gone 199 pages by now.

True, she's utterly unappreciated because of her minority tribe status.

A local champion @ d@...hope she ll make 6th position dis tym around