Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare claimed the sprint double at the 2014 Commonwealth Games by taking the 200 metres title in 22.25 seconds. The reigning 100m Games Record holder had a smooth race from the start to the finish line of yesterday’s race.
England’s Jodie Williams and Bianca Williams settled for the second and third position in a time of 22.50 and 22.75 secs respectively.
On Monday evening, Okagbare broke Debbie Ferguson’s 12-year record of 10.91 secs as she ran a time of 10.85 secs to emerge as the new record holder in the women’s 100m race.
Meanwhile, in the Women’s Long Jump event, Ese Brume achieved a 6.56m leap to win Nigeria’s second gold medal of the night.
Okagbare had earlier withdrawn her quest for a medal in the Long Jump event and opted to concentrate on the 200m race for the night, a decision which proved worthwhile for her.
However, in the final of the Men’s 400m hurdles, Team Nigeria’s Chris Morton finished 5th with a time of 49.65secs while Nigeria also suffered a setback in the women’s 100m hurdles.