SENSATIONAL Blessing Okagbare on Thursday won the 200m gold at the ongoing 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a time of 22.25 seconds.
Okagbare, who had earlier claimed the 100m gold with a time of 10.85 seconds to set a new games record, lived to the pundits’ expectations when he dusted Jodie Williams of England who returned in a time of 22.50 seconds.
Willams’ sister, Bianca settled for the bronze medal when she returned in a time of 22.58 seconds.
Okagbare, who remains the only Nigerain athlete to win two gold medals in the Games went on a lap of honour after the race with Nigeria’s flag which she received from the former African queen of the track, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, who serves as special adviser to the Director-General of the National Sports Commission.
Meanwhile, Ese Brume also on Thursday night won another gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s long jump event.
Brume with a jump of 6.56m dusted Jazmin Sawyers of England (6.54m) and Canadian Christabel Nettey with 6.49m.
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