Blessing Okagbare completed the double on Friday, clocking 22.77s to win the women’s 200m title at the 2016 Nigerian Olympic Trials held in Sapele, Delta State.
It was a race she had firm control of, coming out of the bend nicely and striding to victory, opening a big gap between her closest challengers. Olivia Ekpone finished 2nd in the race with a Season’s Best (SB) of 23.43s, with Zainab Sanni finishing 3rd in 23.64s.
Prior to the National Championships, Okagbare had done an SB of 22.58s to win at the Sollentuna Grand Prix in Stockholm last month.
Just a day after reclaiming the 100m national title, Okagbare came back to the scene of her triumph on Sunday to also win the 200m, taking the title from Praise Idamadudu who finished 4th in 23.74s.
It looked as though Okagbare is still undecided over which three events she would be competing in at the Rio Olympics, having to choose out of the 100m, 200m and the Long Jump event.
Meanwhile in the 200m B final, Lawretta Ozor won with a time of 23.71s, and Cecilia Francis finishing 2nd in 24.08s while Justina Sule was 3rd clocking 24.12s.
