August 24, 2015 – Nigeria’s queen of track, Blessing Okagbare disappointed Nigerians and her international fans today when she failed to win the 100 metres women race at the International Atletics Federation(IAAF) competition holding in Beijin.
Okagbare clocked 10.89 seconds in her semi-final earlier but only clocked 11.02 seconds to emerge eighth in the race.
It was Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, a Jamaican that won the 100 metres in 10.76, 0.06 seconds.
Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor(26) is a multitalented athlet. She won bronze at the Beijing Olympics in long jump .
She won the 100 metres with the fastest time of 10.85 and 200 metres with 22.25 seconds at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
She holds the African 100m record at 10.79 seconds set on July 27, 2013 in London.
Okagbare once told Nike that she is not satisfied with being the first African woman to break 10.80 seconds in the blue riband event and wants to go a step faster.
‘“I’d like to break 10.7 seconds for the 100m and I want to jump further than 7.3 meters in the long jump. I have goals written up and posted around my room. I write them as soon as I wake, when I’m feeling fresh,” the athlete said in the profile
