Africa's fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare won
silver medal at the IAAF Diamond League in New York on Saturday.
Okagbare finished her 200m meet finished 22.67 seconds
behind USA’s Tori Bowie, who clocked her season's best of 22.23 seconds.
The absence of the
likes of Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Allyson Felix made Okagbare a favorite along with Bowie for the first position.
The starting list
paraded Jamaica’s former Olympic champion, Simpson Sherone, USA’s Duncan
Kimberlyn, Townsend Tiffany, Mcgrone Candyce and Williams Charonda and
Ecuador’s Tenorio Angela-Gabriela.
Bowie had run
against Okagbare in Shanghai and had been beaten by the Nigerian, New York was
her chance to earn her revenge and she produced a season best of 22.23secs to
win the race and ensure the Nigerian produced her season best.
In the men’s triple
jump, Tosin Oke finished fifth with a jump of 16.47m behind Cuba’s Pichardo
Pedro Pablo with 17.56m, the USA duo of Claye Will with 16.96m and Craddock
Omar with 16.55m and Cuba’s Reve Ernesto who jumped 16.53m.
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