Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission,
NSC, Dr. Tammy Danagogo praised Africa’s fastest woman and Nigerian sprinter,
Blessing Okagbare for her double medal effort at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League
in Shanghai, China last Sunday.
The 2008 Olympics bronze medalist has by this feat set a
meet record in both the long Jump and 200m where she leapt 6.86m and returned
in a time of 22.36 seconds, beating Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas who
returned in a time of 22.50 seconds to the second position.
Dr. Danagogo said that Okagbare’s efforts were commendable,
stressing that the feat was a morale booster for the Delta-born athlete’s
preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
“This is cheering news for the athletics family and Nigeria
in general considering that preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is on
now. The result will further boost her
morale to train harder for the Glasgow Games,” he said.
“Nigeria is blessed with a lot of talents like Blessing and
some of them already identified would be representing the country at the Africa
Youth Games. We have put everything in
place to ensure they win laurels for the country in Botswana,” he said, adding
that “we will not stop there. They will
be nurtured to stardom like Blessing”.
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