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BLESSING OKAGBARE

Nigeria’s hopes of seeing one of their own ascend the winner’s podium in the World Athletics Championships in Moscow was dealt a huge blow on Monday when medal hopeful, Blessing Okagbare finished a disappointing sixth in the women’s 100metres final. The 24 year-old finished with a time of 11.04 secs, enough to settle in sixth place. Her fierce rival and World Champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the race in tremendous fashion, breezing past the finish line in a time of 10.72 seconds to take the Gold medal. Ivorian Murielle Ahoure took Silver, while Carmelita Jeter completed the honours in third. Okagbare had a poor start and couldn’t recover, giving Fraser-Price and others the room to zing past her. “I had my obstacles. I started to feel pain underneath my left butt cheek. It was really hurting but I knew what I worked for. I just came out here and I executed my race. I wasn’t focused on anyone else. It was all about execution.” All hope isn’t lost though; Okagbare still has the 200m and the 4x100m relay to look forward to.
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This article was first published on 13th August 2013

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Arinze Ude is a PhD Student at the University of the West of England Bristol, UK, where he's exploring on the mechanisms of donor cell leukaemia. He shares his deep thoughts on his blog and the Naked Convos. He is keen to promote personal development of the Nigerian youth via thought-provoking articles.

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