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Regina George goes in heat 5, and she is expected to qualify as either 2nd or 3rd. A very long US college season is expected to slightly affect her performance, but would not be surprised if she makes d finals.

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HEAT 5 10 AUG 2013 18:37
ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY SB 2013 PB
2 629 Regina GEORGE NGR 50.99 50.99
3 568 Maureen Jelagat MAIYO KEN 51.63 51.63
4 467 Jennifer CAREY IRL 52.29 52.29
5 170 Amantle MONTSHO BOT 49.33 49.33
6 512 Patricia HALL JAM 50.86 50.71
7 310 Aauri Lorena BOKESA ESP 51.77 51.77
8 124 Caitlin SARGENT AUS 52.16 52.16
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Omolara goes in d first heat of d female 400m. She is expected to just about qualify, either as 4th or one of d fastest losers

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400 METRES - WOMEN Show all events
HEATS
SEMI-FINAL
FINAL
STARTLIST
Official StartlistViewDownloadFirst 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q)
HEAT 1 10 AUG 2013 18:05
ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY SB 2013 PB
2 451 Kadecia BAIRD GUY 51.32 51.04
3 735 Antonina KRIVOSHAPKA RUS 49.57 49.16
4 967 Kineke ALEXANDER VIN 51.63 51.35
5 947 Ashley SPENCER USA 50.28 50.28
6 632 Omolara OMOTOSO NGR 51.67 51.28
7 605 Olesea COJUHARI MDA 52.13 52.00
8 585 Agne ŠERKŠNIENÉ LTU 52.29 52.29
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Okagbare is grouped in group A, and she should get d automatic qualification, with a jump of 6.75.


STARTLIST
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Official StartlistViewDownloadQualifying performance 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q)
GROUP A 10 AUG 2013 19:20
ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY SB 2013 PB
1 939 Tori POLK USA 6.70 6.75
2 784 Ivana ŠPANOVIC SRB 6.76 6.78
3 766 Elena SOKOLOVA RUS 6.91 7.07
4 576 Lauma GRIVA LAT 6.72 6.86
5 736 Olga KUCHERENKO RUS 7.00i 7.13
6 817 Erica JARDER SWE 6.71i 6.71i
7 424 Lena MALKUS GER 6.76 6.76
8 846 Maryna BEKH UKR 6.78 6.78
9 703 Lynique PRINSLOO RSA 6.81 6.81
10 635 Blessing OKAGBARE NGR 7.00 7.00
11 809 Jana VELDÁKOVÁ SVK 6.69 6.72
12 940 Brittney REESE USA 7.25 7.25
13 294 Jana KOREŠOVÁ CZE 6.65 6.65
14 399 Shara PROCTOR GBR 6.92 6.95
15 505 Chantel MALONE IVB 6.65 6.65

D start lists are out.


800 METRES - MEN Show all events
HEATS
SEMI-FINAL
FINAL
STARTLIST
Official StartlistViewDownloadFirst 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q)
HEAT 1 10 AUG 2013 11:20
ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY SB 2013 PB
1 361 Hamada MOHAMED EGY 1:45.71 1:44.98
2 600 Paul ROBINSON IRL 1:45.85 1:45.85
3 444 Pierre-Ambroise BOSSE FRA 1:43.76 1:43.76
4 603 Giordano BENEDETTI ITA 1:44.67 1:44.67
5 217 Kleberson DAVIDE BRA 1:44.84 1:44.21
6 800 Moussa CAMARA MLI 1:51.01 1:46.38
6 1209 Leoman MOMOH NGR 1:46.07i 1:46.07i
7 1089 Taras BYBYK UKR 1:46.20 1:46.20
8 863 Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL 1:44.20 1:43.84

adaobi123: Only a single event ? I think she should have only been entered in the 100m and the relay tbh and possibly the long jump. Imo out of all the athletes, shes the only that can win a medal. Most of them may only reach the semi finals if not only the heats. Nigeria needs as much medals as we can get.

D way IAAF organized d schedule makes it almost impossible 4 Okagbare not to enter for 4 events. D only event she would have considered dropping is d 200m, and it is an event I think she has won all d races she has ran dis season, but d 200m starts 2 days after d 100m final, and she is expected to have rested well b4 then. Infact her problems would not diminish if she had entered for 3 events. Her diff period is d first there days, and every other is just bonus. Let's not forget dat in 2010, at d NCAA she was involved in so many events over a short period of time.

Nigeria would have to devise a way to cater 4 its top athletes, becos all d gains made in d past few years with regards to youthful athletes are disappearing. Not everyone can be as lucky as Okagbare. Regina George would soon leave college, and I wonder how she would fund her training. Odumosu is not improving, and d men 100m is gone.

ola_pluto: Official team list was released today by IAAF. 18 Nigerians were listed, leaving out Leo Momoh and Ugonna Ndu. I think they are yet to be cleared to switch nationality from USA to Nigeria. The list is detailed below:
NAME SEX COUNTRY DATE OF BIRTH DISCIPLINE
ABOGUNLOKO, Bukola Women NGR 18 AUG 1994 4x400 Metres Relay
AKWU, Noah Men NGR 23 SEP 1990 4x400 Metres Relay
ASUMNU, Gloria Women NGR 22 MAY 1985 4x100 Metres Relay,100 Metres
EGWERO, Ogho-Oghene Men NGR 26 NOV 1988 100 Metres
EHIGIE, Josephine Women NGR 1 DEC 1985 4x400 Metres Relay
GEORGE, Regina Women NGR 17 FEB 1991 4x400 Metres Relay,400 Metres
KALU, Stephanie Women NGR 5 AUG 1993 4x100 Metres Relay,100 Metres
ODEKA, Gerald Oghenemega NGR 21 MAR 1986 4x400 Metres Relay
ODUMOSU, Muizat Ajoke Women NGR 27 OCT 1987 400 Metres Hurdles
OGUNMOLA, Tobi Men NGR 20 JUN 1992 4x400 Metres Relay
OKAGBARE, Blessing Women NGR 9 OCT 1988 Long Jump,4x100 Metres Relay,200 Metres,100 Metres
OKE, Tosin Men NGR 1 OCT 1980 Triple Jump
OKON, Patience Women NGR 25 NOV 1991 4x400 Metres Relay
OMOTOSHO, Omolara Women NGR 25 MAY 1993 4x400 Metres Relay,400 Metres
ONAKOYA, Abiola Men NGR 10 OCT 1991 4x400 Metres Relay
SALIHU, Isah Men NGR 2 NOV 1991 4x400 Metres Relay
UKO, Alphonsus Peace Women NGR 26 DEC 1995 4x100m

I just went through ur list and I noticed dat a Certain Kemi Adekoya who ran 55.30 (A qualifying standard) in d 400m WH was not included, and she is just 20yrs. I'm not even sure dat Ugonna Ndu has d B standard. There is a possibility dat she was dropped becos she does not have d B standard, and if dat is d case d AFN messed up big time 4 leaving a young A standard runner at home.

brownlord: Sometimes I think our journalist never visited a higher institution let alone attending one, was there any need for this " Chairman of Gidan Boss Mechanics, Lawan Hassan, who reported the matter"

in this report and his work place even made public? If it where to be a matter btw, goodluck and amechi, pdp, apc, the eye withness wld speak in annonymity but now, see as dem publish the guy name is it to protect him or expose him to danger? And tomorrow they want citizen to help the police with information to combat terror. What a joke

D journalist must be very stupid indeed.

bambostic: Thanks for the kudos for the blog! I've slowly been ramping it up, but rest assured we will have a lot more news and material posted on the blog in the next couple of weeks for the World Championships! Yes, Obikwelu's story was quite sad for Nigeria - as a nation we must make sure that we do not lose our best athletes because of our own stupidity...let's hope that we know how to treat Blessing after she becomes a World Champion in the next week or two, because if we don't there could be a risk of losing her to the US at some point during her career - after all she has been training there for over 4 years now and on current form is better than all their girls, even including her training partner Carmelita Jeter...

A TV show on athletics is a concept I've been working on - after all from all our travels this year, we actually have enough footage to do a full season show in Nigeria/Africa, so watch this space! Hopefully after Blessing has done us proud, there will be appetite in Nigeria for an athletics show, so let's see how that goes...

I'm really not sure about Seun Ogunkoya and what happened to him, though I think he was running way back in the 90s no? The last world class sprinters Nigeria had on the men's side were the likes of Olusoji Fasuba, Deji Aliu Uchenna Emedolu and Aaron Egbele, who won 4x100m bronze for Nigeria at Athens 2004 - we need to get back to those times!

Obikwelu case is actually a reflection of how Nigeria economy is structured. In Nigeria , just like America u are on your own, but d diff btw Nigeria and America is dat in America d private sector takes over d training and feeding of its top athletes while d rest are left on their own. D Europeans are socialist, and their gov foot d bills of their top athletes. In d Uk d athletes are sponsored via d National sport lottery. Okagbare can never leave Nigeria and compete 4 d USA. Infact such a decision at dis stage of her career would virtually ruin her career. She would have to wait 3 yrs b4 she can compete 4 America and d American trials are usually very tough and non forgiving 4 injured athletes. She would also most probably lose her employment with d Delta state gov, and may also lose her first bank sponsorship .

ola_pluto: Very happy to see brilliant athletics bloggers here. It gives me hope for Nigerian athletics. Back to Moscow:
Female athletes are our hope. The brightest this time is Blessing Okagbare. She will be competing in the 100,200m, LJ and relay (4x100m).
100m
On current form, the lowest Blessing can get in the womens 100m is a silver. She has beaten everybody that matters, but in Shelly Ann Frayser-Pryce, she has a fierce competitor, an olympic gold medalist who is also in form. Earlier this season, Blessing's super improvement was apparent when she ran a 22.31s 200m at Mt. Sacs relays. She did that almost effortlessly. Since then, she's been churning out fast times in the 100m and winning the 200m. In the 100m, she's raced against SAFP 4 times this season. She lost 3, and won 1. The time difference steadily reduced from 0.07s to 0.04s then 0.01s before beating SAFP in London. That to me shows an improving lady.
Blessing has improved on her strength while working less on her weakness. She is so powerful between 50 and 100m its unreal. Due to her height, she has been finding it hard to get the best of starts. In London, her start was better in the final, making it possible to have that fast time. Certainly she can get better starts and still maintain her powerful drive. For SAFP, her start is her weapon. She makes like 10 steps before Blessing makes 7. In Moscow, IF Blessing can stay close to SAFP in the first 30m, then she will most likely win the Gold medal.
Another thing that can work against Blessing is fatigue. She is competing in 4 events! That is a big ask. Problem is that she's good in all of them, and has a real medal chance. The timetable in Moscow somehow favours her. She starts on day 1 with the LJ. Day 2 will be busy for her with the LJ final and 100m heats. However, judging from her races this season, she can easily run an 11.10 which will definitely qualify her for the semi-finals of the 100m. She can do this while conserving energy for the LJ final later in the day. Like she said in London, her recovery is key!
Our other representative in the womens 100m is Gloria Asumnu. This season hasnt been too great for her and she will have to work hard to make it to the semi-finals. Gloria is a very good addition to the relay team (which misses Damola Osayomi so much).
Generally, the women's 100m will be a great event to watch. The Americans do have a medal chance in Carmelita Jeter, but I doubt she's fully recovered from her quad injury. The other new faces who ran fast times at the US trials will most likely be hung out dry in Moscow. For me, I see a final line-up of:
Okagbare, SAFP, Kelly Ann-Baptiste, Carmelita Jeter (if injury free), Ivet Lalova, Maurielle Ahoure, Kerron Stewart and English Gardner.

Okagbare has really surprised me dis season with her performance especially in d long jump. I believe she should easily qualify 4 d long jump final becos she can easily jump a 6.70 (usual qualifying distance) without even stepping on d take off board. D possible problem she could face is not having a very good first jump in d final of d LJ, where she would face some very good jumpers. Having to jump and compete six times against d best in d world might leave her mentally weak for d 100m d next day.

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Where is d possible fifth medal going to come from. I don't see any other Nigerian or Nigerian team (except d 4x400 female) making d finals, talkless of meddling. Regina George has failed to improve and Odumosu has not been herself dis season. Blessing should win a gold pls. I have been a t&f fan since I was a kid in 1992, and have followed every major championship since then, and all I have experienced is disappointment frm Nigeria athletes. Chioma Ajunwa(97), Ogunkoya(99), Alozie(99) and Obikwelu(99) failed to win gold medals despite d strong form dey showed b4 and during d WC. Okagbare should break d Gold medal curse.

Women are safer drivers.

When oil money is d main source of income 4 d whole country, why would d gov care about GSM and it effect on businesses and employment.

We pay over-aged junior footballers crazy amount of money, and we can not come up with two weeks training camp allowance . I actually wonder wat AFN have been doing since after d Olympic.

thinkdip: i dnt think she's stil wit us...cos i heard that Nigeria never looked after her welfare at all,that she went on her own expenses,welfarng her self and all sort sha.

Abeg where u hear dat one from. Wat other welfare does she want. Delta state sent her on scholarship to d US, they employed her after she graduated( despite not actually working) and she gets money from her First bank sponsorship. Representing USA would be a very bad mistake on her part, becos she would not be eligible to run for dem 4 at least 3yrs, and she would not be assured of a spot at major championships.

funky medina: You people are funny, traffic doesnt mean automatic money. Wikipedia with all its traffic is not proffitable, they have to resort to begging for donations. Nairaland ads are scanty...and i personally dont even see them.


I dont think there are any adsense ads on nairaland..as those little squares are definately not google ads!If they ara he is doing himself an injustice. Cause with adsense the bigger the better I'd say

Google is where he will make money from impressions but then ...most of nairaland traffic is from Nigeria and I am sorry to say that doesnt bring money either..as the value of Nigerians click or impression is low ..

So to answere the question who is more profitable ..i will give it to Linda. I dont think I have ever seen an empty ad space on her blog.

Wikipedia don't make money becos dey dont want to, if Wikipedia goes up 4 sale today, I can assure u dat it would be valued at over 2 billion dollars because of its massive potential . Nairaland might not make more money, but it is worth far more than Ikeji blog.

With all d mountain of problems we have in dis country, it is other people sexuality u are concerned about.

Nawa oo. Why break up with her on d wedding day

D 7.04 jump was wind aided, but she also jumped a legal 7.00m. My only fear 4 her is qualifying 4 d finals. She will definitely medal in d LJ if she makes d final.

*Kails*:
This is unfortunate but it really means nothing.
For one thing these guys and gals were tested on many occassions prior to, during and after the olympic games and even between. The jamaicans in particular were tested more often due to international pressure (and haterade lol) and the results came back the same negative. So common sense will tell you these men are still the G.O.A.T.S of sprinting....tyson gay included.

Thier records are still in tact which means these gifted sprinters are indeed the fastest in the world even with this news. The substance veronica was found to have taken is not permitted however because it wasnt enough to completely enhance her ability she was given a slap in a wrist. A 6month ban I believe.

There is a lot of hype coming from people who resent or are jealous but one thing I can promise just like we did in 2008 and 2k12 we WILL comtinue to bring home the gold to JamRock.

The manager of sherone and asafs was apprehended in italy and I am just eager to see how the story will unfold on his end because I believe asafa did not knowingly try to sabotage his career. Something is up.

VCB has not been suspended yet, but IAAF said it was a minor offense. D truth is dat all top jamacian sprinters (100 and 200) with d exception of Bolt and Steward have tested positive to PED one time in their career. I can still remember when Blake and Shelly Ann Fraser tested positive 4 drugs.
D new coming out of Italy is dat large amount of drugs were found in Powell hotel room.

Wizard_of_Oz: I can tell you with absolute certainty that athletes in all sports take substances to give them an edge in their profession. They all do it and they've all been convinced by their coaches n health teams that it is within the rules. The white paper of banned substances in sports is quite extensive and probably only pharmacy pros and chemist would understand the extremely long list of chemicals and supplements in that list. We don't expect the athletes to go through the list, just not possible. They only put their trust in their team that brings "painkillers" or "diet supplements" for them to drink. Only very callous and selfish athletes like Marion Jones, Maurice Green and that fraud cyclist Lance Armstrong go out of their way and knowingly consume banned substances to give them the edge. Boxers dope, so do hockey players, track and field athletes, swimmers, soccer players, tennis players. They all do it. It's sad but that's the reality. The fact that they don't get caught often just shows the length these frauds go to cover their tracks. Some even pay hundreds of thousands of dollars every year for their doping regimen and most of them don't know cos someone on their team, probably the health guys and finance guys liase to write off tht expense as something less serious, unknown to the athletes.

Maurice Green has never tested positive 4 drugs, infact he his d only top American sprinter with a 9.89 or better dat has never tested positive 4 drugs. Asafa and Simpson tested positive 4 stimulant which would give them a six month ban.

toprealman: Not just Bolt and Shelly....Blake,Warren Wier,etc.
Only a matter of time I suppose......these guys MUST definitely be on something.

Actually Shelly Ann Fraser and Blake have both tested positive 4 drugs b4.

ponco: I am happy for her, but i am still not impressed with her time, she seems to be catching up on SAFP becuase they are running slower times,sAFP ran 10.75 in the olympics, if she runs that again, blessing would be nowhere to be found, her time now, would still not have made her medal in the olympics. She needs to increase her speed.

I think her time was very good. Dis time last year she had not even broken 11 secs, and u will notice dat she keeps closing d gap on SAFP on each race. A favorable wind would have increased d time to a low 10.8 when you consider that in dis race she ran into a headwind .

success_07: I am hapi she's improvin doh i stil fil she let mi down in london last year. She shuld work on her starts cos nt everybodi can b like usain bolt...

Expecting her to get a medal last year in London was unrealistic becos she just legally broke d 11 secs barrier about 4 weeks b4 d Olympics, when her competitors have been breaking 11 secs 4 a long time, and she had not beaten about 3 of d finalists b4 in her life, but dis time around, she has greatly improved, and she will surely medal unless she gets injured.

bumax: she ought to get her coaches working on that aspect of her race cos it's a crucial and key part of the race. A good start for someone with her height (which is an advantage if she capitalizes on it adequately) will definitely be the difference between her winning the race and coming in at second place or last.
If i recall correctly, Usain Bolt had the same challenge.

Historically d 100m women favor shorter athletes. Blessing reaction time is actually one of d best, but her initial acceleration is very bad.

Dis is d second time in one week dat she is dipping so early. I hope she gets a good start in Moscow becos she came from way back today.

She seem to have a problem with locating d take off board. Dat jump would have easily been a 7.10 . At d WC I think qualifying 4 d LJ final would be more difficult Dan getting a medal.

Jarus: Leaving at 46 after 11.5 years as MD

Bank MD/founder at 34?

Sometimes you wonder how these guys did it?

No be the same work I dey do.

At 35, many people still banking officer

D new MD was also an executive director at 35. Na aw oooooo

Oyinbo wise well well. Why won't dey pour in money, when u consider d high interest rate on dis securities .

Sky Rider: Unfortunately nigeria did not contribute to her success. In an interview she made it known that she gets her support from outside Nigeria.
That's why I will not fault the other Nigerian lady for running for team GB

She is supported by first bank and d Delta state government . Infact she is currently an employee of d Delta State government. She also gets money from Nike. If other upcoming athletes gets half of wat she gets, dey will also improve.

Regina George as expected was sixth, while Odumosu was last. D last Nigerian goes in d 110m hurdles