Okagbare ecstatic over Diamond League gold

Nigeria’s sprint sensation, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, was ecstatic about her victory in the 100metres final at the Diamond League at the weekend.
She felt on top of the world that she was able to beat the fastest woman on earth, Jamaica’s Fraser-Pryce, who suffered a big loss in her first 100m of the season.
The Jamaican scandalously finished fifth while her team-mate, Veronica Campbell-Brown, was fourth.
Okagbare, who won the 200m and the long jump at last year’s meet in Shanghai, was very happy at her victory.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the world’s fastest woman, was surprisingly beaten in her opening 100 metres of the year as Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor crushed a high-quality field in the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Sunday.
Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica’s double Olympic champion, looked sluggish as she trailed home fifth in 11.25 seconds in a setback to her bid for a third straight world title. While up ahead, Nigeria’s long jump-sprint luminary, Okagbare-Ighoteguonor powered to victory in 10.98.
In a field containing six sprinters who have broken 11 seconds, Okagbare’s huge stride over the second 50 metres comfortably held off a late challenge from American Tori Bowie, last year’s world No. 1, who clocked 11.07.
Fraser-Pryce could still summon a smile after her defeat – even her experienced compatriot, Veronica Campbell-Brown, pipped her for fourth place.