Such a Blessing: African record goads sprinter Okagbare Blessing

April 07, 2018 News,

Blessing Okagbar

Okagbare's mission to effectively guard her Commonwealth Games 100 and 200 meters dash titles will be helped by her new African record over the more drawn out separation. Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare commends winning the ladies' 100m sports occasion at Hampden Park amid the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on July 28, 2014. AFP PHOTO Last month, the Nigerian smashed comrade Mary Onyali's 22-year-old characteristic of 22.07secs when she ran 22.04secs in Texas, the speediest time on the planet this year.

RIt could give a mental edge to Okagbare, who is falling off damage hit 2017 and will confront Olympic champion Elaine Thompson of Jamaica in the 200m in Gold Coast. Onyali set the African record in Zurich in 1996, and the nearest anybody had came to breaking it was when Marie Ta-Lou of the Ivory Coast ran 22.08secs out of 2017. Onyali said she was pleased it was her "little girl and sister" Okagbare who brought down her record. "This will place her in the correct attitude for the Commonwealth Games," Onyali said.

"She has been thumping for a few years now lastly she has got it. "For quite a while she has not been in her correct component, particularly at the last big showdowns. Be that as it may, she backpedaled, prepared hard and we can see the consequence of her persistence." Okagbare has for a long time now been Nigeria's greatest decoration trust at significant sports rivalries, and winning the dash twofold in Glasgow four years prior was a profession feature.

At the last Commonwealth Games, she won the 100m out of a Games-record 10.85, and the 200m out of 22.25. She likewise helped Nigeria win silver in the 4x100m hand-off with a period of 42.92. Okagbare has an Olympic bronze in the long hop from Beijing 2008, and took 200m bronze at the 2013 big showdowns. She has regularly battled with her begin, particularly in the 100m, yet in the event that she gets that right, she ought to be among the awards. The sprinter, who is hitched to a previous Nigeria football star, will be 30 in October and has ricocheted back this season after her damage issues a year ago.