Okagbare wins 100m gold
July 28
21:45
2014
Nigeria’s spring queen, Blessing Okagbare, has won women’s 100m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, setting a new Games record of 10.85 seconds.
With her record time, she beat Jamaican duo of Veronica Campbell-Brown (11.03) and Kerron Stewart (11.07) to the tape.
She becomes only the second African sprinter to win the Commonwealth Games women’s 100m title, the first being countrywoman Mary Onyali in 1994.
At last year’s world championships in Moscow, Okagabre claimed the silver medal in the 200m and bronze in the long jump.
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