BLESSING Okagbare has become the first Nigerian ever to win an individual sprint double at a global sports meeting when she raced home to clinch the women's 200 metres title at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games .
In blistering form at the moment, Blessing blew away all her opponents as she picked up her second gold in a week, winning the 200 metres in 22.25 seconds. In the 100 metres, she broke the championship record on Monday with a time of 10.85 seconds, making her the undoubted star of the tournament.
Since the Commonwealth Games began, Blessing is only fourth person ever to win a sprint double in the same tournament and only the 11th athlete to have won both the 100 and the 200 metres. Blessing remains on course to secure three gold medals as she anchors Nigeria's women's 4x100 relay team, which competes this weekend.
Blessing, 25, who had a disappointing London 2012 Olympics, is now looking forward to winning the World Athletics Championship next year and the 2016 Olympics coming up in Rio de Janeiro in 2018. At both events, she will now be one of the main contenders for gold .
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