Glasgow2014: #Team Nigeria With Eight Gold Medals Moves To 8th Position On Medals Table.

Blessing Okagbare, on Thursday, at the on-going Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, won the women’s 200 metres title to add to the 100 metres title she won on Monday.

Okagbare’s gold arrived only minutes after Ese Brume had leapt to glory in the women’s Long Jump to claim Nigeria’s first gold medal of the day.

Running out of lane six, Okagbare finished the race in 22.25secs, just short of the 22.20secs Games record, and her personal best of 22.23secs, ahead of England’s trio of Jodie Williams (22.50secs), Bianca Williams (22.58secs) and Anyika Onuora (22.64secs), who finished second, third and fourth respectively.

The two gold medal wins has moved Nigeria to eighth on the medals’ table with eight gold medals. England still tops with 44 and is followed by Australia with 36.