Blessing Okagbare talks about Personal & Public achievements and the Future…
It is safe to say that 2014 has been the best year till date for Blessing Okagbare as an international Track and Field Athlete with her crowning moments of the year coming at both the Commonwealth Games in Scotland and the African Championships held in Marrakech, Morocco, where she won a total of 3 Gold Medals combined, while setting the Commonwealth Games record in the 100 meters at 10.85 seconds. She followed a very successful year with her marriage to long time fiancé Igho Otegheri when she triumphantly returned home to Nigeria after both Games.
She was ranked as the best female 200 meters runner in the world for 2014 and was also in the top 5 for the 100 meters globally. She is now one of the most recognized names in the world of women sprinting and is set to continue her 2014 dominance into 2015 and beyond.
Blessing who spent the rest of the summer in Nigeria is back in Los Angeles, California where she trains under US sprinting Guru, John Smith.
African Sports Monthly magazine was able to track her down to get her to talk about her record breaking and spectacular year of personal and public achievements;.
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