Archives Tag: Blessing Okagbare
Okagbare Fails to Live Up to Expectation
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Okagbare Fails to Live Up to Expectation
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Okagbare sets new African record in London
April 19, 2022
Blessing Okagbare was in the form of her life as she inked her name in Africa’s athletics history books at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London on Saturday. The reigning Nigeria 100m champion ran 10.79 seconds to set a new Nigerian and African record. Okagbare erased Glory Alozie’s 2000 African record of 10.90 seconds … Continue reading Okagbare sets new African record in London
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What Did We Learn From London 2012 Olympics?
April 19, 2022
Nigerian athletes participated in 13 games and came back with no medals. Many questions are already hitting headlines, but the big question is “what have we learned from this Olympic Games?”
Olympics 2012: Day Eleven For Team Nigeria.
April 19, 2022
Day 11 seems to be a success as some athletes scale towards the chance to be on the podium. Tosin Oke cleared 16.83m in Men’s Triple Jump semi-final to book a place in the final.
Olympics 2012: Support The Medal Hunt!
April 19, 2022
Within the last couple of weeks, Nigerians have witnessed setbacks in the ongoing Olympic competition, before then, sports stakeholders, administrators and Journalists have raised hopes of Nigerians, assuring the sports enthusiasts of our ability to win a couple of medals.
Olympics 2012: Days Eight And Nine For Team Nigeria
April 19, 2022
For Day Eight; In Athletics, Nigeria’s hopes of an Olympic medal were dashed yesterday as the athletes failed to build on their previous performance. Obinna Metu, Egwero Ogho-Oghene and Emelieze Peter all failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Men’s 100M. They finished 5th, 4th and 5th with time of 10.35, 10.38 and 10.22 in their respective Heats.
Olympics 2012: Team Nigeria’s Medal shyness
April 19, 2022
The London Olympic Games has gone one week and yet team Nigeria has not even a bronze in our medal basket. When some countries are already counting double figures of Gold medal, Team Nigeria is still some distances away from picking up a Bronze medal.
Olympics 2012: Full List for Team Nigeria!
April 19, 2022
The opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games kicks off today. Out of the 26 sports which will be taking place in 28 venues, Nigeria will participate in 13 of the 26 sport events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. This was announced by the Ministry of Sports.
Okagbare: Nigeria’s Olympic Hopeful!
April 19, 2022
It is unusual for Nigeria to have a gold medal hopeful, but this London Olympic Games, Nigeria presents two gold medal hopefuls, Chukwumerije and most promising Okagbare. The last time Nigeria won gold in a single sports was at the Olympic Games held in Atlanta U.S.A, where Chioma Ajunwa took to the podium for the winning the women’s long jump event.