Blessing Okagbare Breaks Record

Blessing Okagbare on Saturday ran a new personal best (PB) at the 2018 Wes Kittley Invitational at Abilene, Texas with an impressive 22.04 seconds in the 200m event in her first competitive race of the season surpassing her previous record of 22.23 seconds in 2014. 

Her new African record beats the 22.07 seconds set by former Nigerian Queen of the track, Mary Onyali in Weltklasse, Zurich in 1996.

1996 in Switzerland, Nigerian queen of the track, Mary Onyali, set a new African 200 metres record with a time of 22.07seconds, not many would have thought it would take over two decades for the record to be erased.

However, on Saturday, Blessing Okagbare threw Onyali’s record into the dustbin as she started her outdoor season with an impressive 22.04s in her 200m race at the Wes Kittley Invitational Track and Field Meet at the Abilene Christian University, United States.

Aside from becoming the new African record holder, Okagbare’s winning time also becomes the new national record in the women’s 200m