Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor came up short behind the USA’s Tori Bowie in the Women’s 200 meters race on Saturday at the Adidas Diamond League Grand Prix meet in New York to come in second, with a time of 22.67 seconds.
It was Blessing’s first race in the 200 meters for the 2015 season and even though she was disappointed with her performance a sentiment that many other athletes shared including Jamaica’s Usain Bolt who ran a 20.29 seconds into a very strong headwind like Blessing and her competition did in their race, she still came in second.
After the race she expressed herself saying “I Had some great expectations today but everything was different and felt weird” She further stated that she did not feel like she warmed up properly enough for the race; “I didn’t warm up well, my nervous system was not turned on”
It was Blessing’s first race in the 200 meters for the 2015 season and even though she was disappointed with her performance a sentiment that many other athletes shared including Jamaica’s Usain Bolt who ran a 20.29 seconds into a very strong headwind like Blessing and her competition did in their race, she still came in second.
After the race she expressed herself saying “I Had some great expectations today but everything was different and felt weird” She further stated that she did not feel like she warmed up properly enough for the race; “I didn’t warm up well, my nervous system was not turned on”
Blessing will return to her base in California and get with her Coach the famed Sprint guru; John Smith to go over what needs to be worked on for her next race in the 200 meters again in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 9th 2015.
By: Leslie Koroma
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