Friday, 1 August 2014

This Girl Is On Fire: Blessing Okagbare wins second gold medal at Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

The 25-year-old got another gold in the female 200 metres event in 22.25 seconds tearing away from the pack with blistering speed.
An obviously excited Okagbare told reporters: “It’s amazing, I feel extremely blessed, it’s not easy to get a medal so it is something to celebrate.

Despite winning the gold, Okagbare was sad she couldn't get under the sub-22 second club like her American compatriot and Olympic champion, Allyson Felix.

“I wanted to run faster, honestly,” she said. “I went out in the final and I did not celebrate like I did in the 100 because I saw the time and was a little disappointed.

“I had to balance the weather and two runs in the 200 is just really, really hard. I don’t know why they did that schedule.

“If we had another extra day of 24 hours rest and came back then I would have been able to run faster because I think I`m actually ready to do under 22 seconds.”

Okagbare had won the 100 metres gold a couple of days ago and is also a specialist in the long jump.
She won Nigeria an Olympic bronze medal and will be aiming to complete the games with another gold as she also participates in the 4×100 relay.

Go Girl....

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