Nigeria’s sprint queen Blessing Okagbare moments ago advanced to the semi final of the 200m at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
Okagbare ran in lane 4 with a time of 22.77 to finish 1st in women’s 200m round 1 Heat 5.
Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith takes 2nd in 22.77 to join Okagbare to advance to the semi-final.
Cote d’Ivoire duo of Marie-Josee Ta Lou and Murielle Ahoure also qualified into the 200m semi-finals.
Unfortunately, Gina Bass of the Gambia finished 5th in 23.43.
Okagbare had on Sunday crashed out in the 100m semi-final as she placed 3rd in her heat with a time of 11.09seconds.
Below are comments from Nigerians on Twitter:
Blessing Okagbare please make us proud abeg Warri no dey Carry Last we are hungry for a Medal anyone Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper even Zinc
— Akpos (@officialsimcard) August 15, 2016
Congratulations to our own Blessing Okagbare for qualifying for the Women’s 200m semi-finals at #Rio2016 We are all proud of you! ??????
— Rainoil Limited (@RainoilLimited) August 15, 2016
Blessing Okagbare through to the semis for 200m!! Hope she corrects the mistakes made from the 100m!! #Rio2016!! Go Nigeria!!!
— jonah egiga (@Egiga_rocks) August 15, 2016
Congratulations to Blessing Okagbare (@mountain214) for qualifying for the Women’s 100m S/finals, we’re proud of you. #Rio2016 #NGR
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 13, 2016
