Okagbare (second right) during heat at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow
Blessing
Okagbare emerged as the only outstanding Nigerian in 2013 in the world
athletics after retaining the national women’s 100m crown for the fifth
time at the Cross River State All Nigeria Athletics Championships. No
other athlete, male or female, has achieved a similar feat.
The Edo State-born athlete also ended
Nigeria’s 14-year medal drought at the IAAF World Athletics
Championships in Moscow by winning a silver and a bronze, which she won
in the women’s long jump and the 200m event respectively. The
24-year-old’s feat placed Nigeria in the 24th position in the medals
table at the championships.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt confirmed his
dominance over the men’s sprints, especially with the suspension of
compatriot Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay, who were banned for drug use.
Bolt was joined in sprinting supremacy
by Jamaican compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who completed her own
100m-200m double as 200m queen Alyson Felix had to be carried from the
track.
Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko won a
sensational high jump final, Kenyan Edna Kiplagat became the first woman
to retain a marathon world title and Yelena Isinbayeva delighted her
home fans in the pole vault.
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