BEVERLY HILLS, March 25, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, with an impressive time of 22.04secs for 200m race, erased the 22-year-old previous African record of 22.07secs set by Mary Onyali at a Meet in Switzerland in 1996
Okagbare’s feat was achieved on Saturday at the Wes Kittley Invitational Track and Field Meet at the Abilene Christian University.
Cierra White followed in second place in 23.26secs while Natasha McDonald settled for third in 24.23secs.
With her latest exploit, it means that Okagbare now holds the Nigerian records in the women’s 100m (10.79secs) and 200m.
Okagbare’s previous personal best in the event was 22.23secs was set at the 2014 Eugene Diamond League.
Although, she did not compete in the indoor season, which started in January, the Wes Kittley Invitational was her first competition of the season.
THEWILL recalls that the 26-year-old has been named as one of the 37 athletes by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria to participate at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, which begins on April 4.
