Okagbare Moves to Finals at World Championship

After finishing second in her semi-final race behind Jamaican rival, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare has qualified for the finals of 100m Women’s event at the ongoing IAAF World championships.

Fraser-Pryce won Monday’s semi final race with a time of 10.82secs while Okagbare came in second with a time of 10.89secs. Okagbare, who is the double Commonwealth sprint champion, ran from lane 4 with Fraser-Pryce running from lane six.

Okagbare, who is Nigeria’s brightest medal hopeful in Beijing, qualified for Monday’s semi-final after winning her first round heat in 11.07 seconds, one hundreth of a second better than Natasha Morrisson from Jamaica.