Shelly- Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica last night defended her 100m Olympics title with an astonishing 10.75secs as Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria finished last in a star-studded final at a packed Olympic Stadium in London.
With high hopes that she was going to get Nigeria’s first medal at the Games,, Okagbare, who ran a personal best of 10.92 in the semifinals held earlier on, failed when it mattered most against her impressive competitors. Cameliter Jeter of US finished second in a time of 10.78, representing a second best while another Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica clocked 10.81 to claim the bronze.
Okagbare was a real Medal hopeful with signs of brilliance in the preliminary stages, running under 11 Seconds in both races which she won. She even posted the second fasted time in the first group of Heat races . There was however an obvious poor start problem as she had to come from behind to win both races.
At the mixed zone, Okagbare, who cast doubts over her 100m race, did not talk to the media but said that her legs were paining her as she walked past. She started showing signs of this in her semifinal race which started on a slow pace but recovered to win limping off after. But in the final race, her poor start was well exploited by her rivals who left her reeling in the last place.
If Okagbare gets to read this, We Nigerians are not disappointed in you. We Love you and we thank you for giving your best. However, you still have time to work on that poor start and you have a great chance to be the world Champion.
No comments:
Post a Comment