After a major health scare a couple of weeks ago when she tweaked her knee at a meet in Lausanne, Switzerland and a genuine mishap in Monaco when she changed lanes in the 200 meters that caused her disqualification Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor is back as she dipped below the 11:00 seconds mark to place second at the Sainsbury Olympic Anniversary Games in London in 10.98 seconds.
Running out of Lane 7 Blessing who had a rather average start will power her way through a race that was led almost two thirds of the way by the Ivory Coast’s Muriel Ahoure to dip for the win but would have to settle for second place behind the Netherlands’s Daphne Schippers who incidentally ran a new national record for the Netherlands to win the race.
Running out of Lane 7 Blessing who had a rather average start will power her way through a race that was led almost two thirds of the way by the Ivory Coast’s Muriel Ahoure to dip for the win but would have to settle for second place behind the Netherlands’s Daphne Schippers who incidentally ran a new national record for the Netherlands to win the race.
Blessing who has a had a rather challenging season thus far is looking forward to recouping and getting healthier and better as she heads back to her training base in the USA to gear up for the 2015 IAAF World Athletic Championships in Beijing later this summer.
By: Leslie Koroma
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