VIDEO: Blessing Okagbare Breaks 12-Year World Record To Win 100m Gold In Glasgow

gerian athlete Blessing Okagbare won the gold medal in the Women’s 100m race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday evening. She broke Bahamian sprint athlete Debbie Ferguson’s 12-year record of 10.91 seconds by setting a new one at 10.85 seconds.

25-year-old Okagbare beat Jamaica's veteran athlete Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart who won the silver and bronze respectively. Campbell-Brown finished at 11.02 seconds while Stewart finished at 11.07 seconds.

“A season's best, a win - I'm just happy I was able to pull it off. After 70m it just felt easy.” Okagbare told BBC Sport.

Okagbare is the second African to win the Commonwealth Games Women’s 100m title since Nigerian Mary Onyali-Omagbemi won in 1994.

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In addition to short distance races, Okagbare also does long jump and triple jump. She won the bronze medal for the 200m race in Moscow in 2013.

There are a total of 37 Nigerian athletes at the Commonwealth Games this year.

Posted: at 30-07-2014 05:22 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Nice one gurl... Keep up d good work!

Posted: at 30-07-2014 06:32 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Congratulation Blessing. Thanks for making our country nigeria proud. And to all who have won gold, sliver and bronze too.

Posted: at 30-07-2014 06:44 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

asa nwa

Posted: at 30-07-2014 06:51 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

what was the other Naija girl doing?  na groundnut you go dey sell for track field? na wao..anyway, congrats to Blessing

Posted: at 30-07-2014 07:55 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

BB London,the girl with the beautiful smile,thank you for making us proud once again.I hope all these Multinational Companies in Nigeria will notice you and make you their brand Ambassador instead of all these cheap prostitute actresses and singers they always want to use.You are the real thing,but in Nigeria they dont notice the real things. My prayer is that God will lift you to Higher grounds........Gold Medal for you in the 2016 Olympics.

Posted: at 30-07-2014 10:18 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Well-done

Posted: at 30-07-2014 12:44 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

    This is real record, not those Oduduwa records that crack after 2 days

Posted: at 30-07-2014 01:41 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

congrats

Posted: at 30-07-2014 04:56 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

go girl

Posted: at 30-07-2014 10:44 PM (10 years ago) | Hero