Okagbare Fumbles Again, Out Of 200m Final

Nigeria’s Fastest woman and queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare yesterday failed to qualify for the women’s 200m final of the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics Games.

The 26-year-old finished in a distance fifth in her heat of the semifinals in 22.69s. She competed against 100m champion, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, Holland’s Dafne Schippers, Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Germany’s Lisa Mayer.

It was Holland’s Dafne Schippers who won the heat and set the second fastest 200 metres time in the world this year, as she progressed to the final.

World champion Schippers delivered a timely reminder of her quality to surge to victory in the first of the three semi-finals at the Olympic Stadium, winning in 21.96s, just shy of her world-leading season’s best of 21.93s, ahead of Elaine Thompson of Jamaica.