Top Nigerian athletes, Blessing Okagbare, and Grace Nwokocha, have qualified for the semi-final 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 Bahamian athlete Tynia Gaither came third in 11.34 seconds.
This is Okagbare’s third consecutive Olympics semi-final and the fourth appearance in the Olympics.
On her part, home-based athlete Grace Nwokocha finished third with a new Personal Best of 11.00 seconds to qualify for the semi-final.
World no. 1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the heat with 10.84s with Switzerland’s Ajia Del Fonte placing 2nd with 10.91s.
