Gov Emmanuel Uduaghan
Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, will host the new queen of track and field, Blessing Okagbare, tomorrow morning at the Government House in Asaba. A statement signed by Head of Communication Media of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Olukayode Thomas, said the governor and the state executive council would honour Okagbare for doing Nigeria and Delta State proud.
Okagbare won two medals, a silver in the long jump and bronze in the 200m at the last World Championships in Moscow, Russia. She also made the final of the 100m. Okagbare opened her international medal account at the 2007 All Africa Games when she won the silver medal in the long jump.
The following year, she won a bronze medal in the women’s long jump event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She went on to win the double in 100m and long jump double at the NCAA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship for University of Texas at El Paso, completing an undefeated collegiate streak that year.
At the African championships in 2010, she won gold in the long jump and gold in the 100m and gold again in the 4x100m. She won three medals at the All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.
In July 27, 2013, at the London Anniversary Games, Okagbare set a new African record of 10.79s in her 100m race. She won the final about an hour later, where she beat reigning 100m Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Okagbare won the silver medal in the long jump. She also placed third in the Women’s 200m race.
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