[BREAKING] Olympics: Blessing Okagbare, Nwokocha qualify for women's 100m semi-final - Punch Newspapers

[BREAKING] Olympics: Blessing Okagbare, Nwokocha reach women's 100m semi-final - Punch Newspapers

Top Nigerian athletes, Blessing Okagbare, and Grace Nwokocha, have qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s 100m at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

Okagbare finished top in Heat 6 in a time of 11.05 seconds while United Kingdom’s Asha Phillips finished second in 11.31 seconds and Tynia Gaither came third in 11.34 seconds.The PUNCHOn her part, Grace Nwokocha finished third with a new Personal Best of 11.00 seconds to qualify for the semi-final.

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