Blessing
Okagbare who won the silver medal of the women’s long jump with 6.99m thanked
God for using her to end the long wait.
The Delta
State-born athlete narrowly lost the gold to American Britney Reese who jumped
7.01m to add the IAAF World Championship silverware to the gold she won at the
London Olympic Games last year.
“I feel
very happy to have been used by God to end our (Nigeria) long wait for a World
Championships medal. Today, I stayed focused on my jumps and was determined to
take something back home from this competition,” gushed the African record
holder in the 100m.
The 6.99m
that fetched Okagbare the precious silver came from her second jump after
opening her campaign with a 6.89m that was equally good enough to get her the
second position. Reese’s first jump was a poor 6.50m but followed up with the
7.01m. Three of her last four attempts were no-jumps.
Blessing also Okagbare added to
Nigeria’s medal tally at the World Athletics Championship in Moscow
finishing third to win a bronze medal in the Women’s 200m finals.
Okagbare shook off the disappointment of losing in the finals of
the women’s 100m finals,where she placed sixth and powered herself to a
medal zone in the 200m.
We Hope
before the competition ends that more of our Athletes will do us Proud by
winning more medals in the other events remaining
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