Tokyo Olympics: Blessing Okagbare qualifies for 100m semi-finals (Video)

July 30, 2021 / Sports / By Ayomide John

Nigeria’s sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare has qualified for the semi-finals of the 100m event at the Tokyo Olympics.

Okagbare finished first in her preliminary race with 11.04 timing as she booked her place in the semifinals.

The 32-year-old sprinter started slowly before breezing past her opponents towards the end of the race.

Queen 👑 @mountain214 🙇🏿‍♂️ #NGR’s Blessing Okagbare cruised to a first place finish in the women's 100 meter prelims at the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics on Friday, advancing to Saturday's semifinals. #Athletics
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— Oluwashina Okeleji (@oluwashina) July 30, 2021

In a piece of related news, Grace Neokocha also qualified for the semi-finals with a personal best timing of 11.00sec behind two-time Olympic gold medalist, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica.

The duo will compete in the semi-finals on Saturday

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Ayomide is first, a football writer, a sports analyst and then a multi-niched journalist with a particular interest in lifestyle, politics, literature and history. He is an experienced Search Engine Optimisation Analyst and Content Marketer. He holds a degree in Literature in English (OAU). He hopes to do his Masters in International Media Studies.He is a Manchester United fan since 2008.