Saturday, 13 August 2016

Okagbare In Olympics 100m Semi Final



Blessing.
Nigeria's sprint sensation,Blessing Okagbare made it to the semi finals of the women's 100m dash in a time of 11:16s which placed her second in heat 3 behind America's Tori Bowie who braised the tape in 11:13s.
Angela Tenorio of Ecuador ended in 3rd place in a time of 11:35s,all three qualify for the semi final .
Another Nigerian Ezinne Okparaebo in the clours of Norway finished fourth in 11:43s which was not enough for her to advance.

Blessing Okagbare will running  in lane 5 at the Olympic Stadium Sunday in the semi final 3,she will be competing with likes of Elaine Thompson of Jamaica,English Gardner of the USA,Desiree Henry of Great Britain and Semoy Hackett of Trinada and Tobago;Carina Horn of South Africa,Tajana Pinto of Germany and Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova-Collio.

Twenty seven year Blessing Okagbare will also be competing in the 2oom,4x100m relays and the Long Jump for Nigeria.

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