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Nigeria's Okagbare fails in women's 100m final

Xinhua, August 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigeria's sprints champion Blessing Okagbare fininshed eighth in the women's 100m final at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.

In the final monitored on television here in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, Okagbare, who had earlier in the day in the semi-finals ran 10.89 seconds to place second on from lane four, was on lane 9 and could only clock 11.02.

She had on Sunday placed first in heat two with 11.07, and her semi-final showing had raised hopes of a medal prospect, especially as her season best is 10.80.

Also, Nigeria's Tosin Adeloye also failed to qualify from heat 2, after placing fifth with 52.42, in spite of a season and personal best 51.92.

The World Championships was being held at the Birds Nest in Beijing. Endi