Okagbare is 2010 world's fastest woman

NIGERIA'S current highest rated athlete, Blessing Okagbare, gave a glimpse of what she would do at the 2010 Commonwealth Games when she began her outdoor campaign with the world's fastest time of 11.10 seconds in the women's 100 metres.



Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria competes in the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008.


http://odili.net/news/source/2010/apr/5/8.html

The timing, her personal best, showed that she is ready to continue from where she left off in the just ended indoor season. Okagbare had last July at the 20th Nigeria/NNPC/ExxonMobil track and field championships set a personal best of 11.16 to outrun defending champion, Damola Osayomi and claim her first national title in any sprint event.

The incredible performance gave her a second title in the colours of University of Texas in El Paso at the 83rd Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. The Nigerian had leapt to a world's best mark of 6.88 metres to claim the long jump title and set a new meet and stadium record in the long jump on Friday.

The General Studies major at UTEP also anchored the school's 400 metres relay team comprising two other Nigerians, Gladys Nwaubani and Endurance Abinuwa, to a time of 44.54, which ranks fifth in the national descending order list this year.

A week ago, the Beijing Olympics long jump bronze medallist also set a new personal best of 23.30 in the 200 metres to put her in a strong position to take Nigeria back to the winner's podium at the next Commonwealth Games in India.

Four years ago, Nigeria failed to win any of the titles in track and field at the Melbourne, Australia Games, with both Olusoji Fasuba and Otonye Iworima winning silver medals in the 100 metres and triple jump respectively.

Damn, those legs are too Long, just like mine.

Good news for naija but unfortunately she'll soon naturalize as the usual trend is for our athletes.

Nice, i wish i could run, too bad i ain't a runner, good one for her, i hope she continues to improve herself, she should do it for herself and not for the country because those that did it for the country are no where to be found now.

11.10 seconds

We are still in April and the indoor season is not over yet, by the time the outdoor events is running on all cylinders you would realise that 11.10 seconds is not fast at all it could be fast enough for this years commonwealth games but when you think of the Jamaicans then you think again!!!

11.10 seconds is fast for a female athlete. Losers will always hang around to criticize anything and Nigerians are good at that. Anything besides their own is good.

Good on her.

Although she has changed a little from how I remember. Looks more enlightened now…

Good one 9ja

mama-gee:

Damn, those legs are too Long, just like mine.

If dat face in profile and dat kinda legs are 'brothers', then I must say u r wonderfuly made!

See her strong yansh. . .
athletes sef. . .hissss

^^ U no like am?

lonelydude:

Good news for naija but unfortunately she'll soon naturalize as the usual trend is for our athletes.

I hope she does to realise HER full potential!!

Goodluck to her

11.02 4.4 LaShauntea Moore USA 31/07/1983 1r1 Fort Worth, TX 19/03/2010
11.10 2.3 Blessing Okagbare NGR 09/10/1988 1r2 Austin, TX 03/04/2010 (WIND ASSISTED)
11.14 4.2 Samantha Henry JAM 25/09/1988 1 Baton Rouge, LA 27/03/2010
11.19 3.2 Terra Evans USA 07/10/1989 1r1 Lubbock, TX 26/03/2010
11.19 A 5.0 Jura Levy JAM 04/11/1990 1 El Paso, TX 27/03/2010
11.20 3.1 Marecia Pemberton SKN 07/01/1990 1r1 Gainesville, FL 02/04/2010
11.24 A 5.0 Janelle Redhead GRN 27/12/1989 2 El Paso, TX 27/03/2010
11.25 4.2 Kenyanna Wilson USA 27/10/1988 2 Baton Rouge, LA 27/03/2010
11.26 2.3 Alexandria Anderson USA 28/01/1987 2r2 Austin, TX 03/04/2010
11.30 4.2 Takeia Pinckney USA 24/07/1991 3 Baton Rouge, LA 27/03/2010
11.33 3.1 Shavon Greaves USA 20/12/1988 2r1 Gainesville, FL 02/04/2010
11.35 3.2 Kimberly Smith JAM 03/03/1988 2r1 Lubbock, TX 26/03/2010
11.39 3.1 Natasha Hastings USA 23/07/1986 3r1 Gainesville, FL 02/04/2010
11.39 2.8 Chastity Riggien USA 1r1 Auburn, AL 03/04/2010
11.41 2.5 Laura Whaler AUS 28/08/1987 1h1 Perth 26/03/2010
11.44 3.7 Melissa Breen AUS 17/09/1990 1 Canberra 22/01/2010
11.44 3.1 Rachelle Boone-Smith USA 30/06/1981 4r1 Gainesville, FL 02/04/2010
11.45 3.1 Courtney Patterson ISV 10/02/1985 5r1 Gainesville, FL 02/04/2010
Hand timing

new PB of 11.00 secs in London. WHOOOOOOhohoohohohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Go girl!!!!

^^^yea, that was in the heat. She came third in the final. I think she will do us proud at the Commonwealth games

yepee

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Damn they are fit!! if only more nigerian girls could learn to exercise and stay physically fit not just lepa!

Give kudos and show some love. Dont compare the chick to anyone. we ,I,i mean,have just started hearin of her and that to me means she can still do better. The hater should try to run 100 meters and tell us how long it took him.
You think say na play to get 'strong yansh'? lol

i saw her on bbc tv a few days ago!!! she is very talented long and triple jumper too

What can I say, naija no dey carry last na.
Carry go Blessing. Nothing do you.

I think that she's a better long jumper than a sprinter but the 100 meters speed should help her jump further. One good thing about Blessing is that she is very consistent meaning that you could count on her anytime to give 100%.

welldone Blessing  Good for Nigeria

mama-gee:

Thank you.

mama-gee:

Damn, those legs are too Long, just like mine.

lie lie

We don't believe you, we need more pics!!