Administrators FlyJ Posted June 15, 2015 Administrators Share Posted June 15, 2015 Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare continued her impressive run in the IAAF Diamond League on Saturday with a second-place finish in the 200m at the New York leg of the event where she ran 22.67secs behind USA’s Tori Bowie. With the absence of big names like Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Allyson Felix, Okagbare was a favourite along with Bowie for the first position. The starting list paraded Jamaica’s former Olympic champion, Simpson Sherone, USA’s Duncan Kimberlyn, Townsend Tiffany, Mcgrone Candyce and Williams Charonda and Ecuador’s Tenorio Angela-Gabriela, Bowie had run against Okagbare in Shanghai and had been beaten by the Nigerian, New York was her chance to earn her revenge and she produced a season best of 22.23secs to win the race and ensure the Nigerian produced her season best. In the men’s triple jump, Tosin Oke finished fifth with a jump of 16.47m behind Cuba’s Pichardo Pedro Pablo with 17.56m, the USA duo of Claye Will with 16.96m and Craddock Omar with 16.55m and Cuba’s Reve Ernesto who jumped 16.53m. Source 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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