Nigeria sprint queen Blessing Okagbare jumped a pedestrian 6.48m at the Oslo Diamond
League meeting Thursday evening to place seventh in the final classification. The
former African 100m record holder at 10.79 seconds failed to hit the 6.75m
qualification standard in the long jump set for August’s 17th IAAF World
Championships scheduled for London.
Okagbare opened her bid for the IAAF Worlds ticket
with a 6.21m jump before compounding matters with her second jump which was one
centimetre below her opening effort. She however raised hopes of a possible
huge jump after leaping to 6.40m. She added eight centimetres in the fourth
jump to leap 6.48m.
Okagbare failed to build on her fourth round effort
as she jumped 6.25m in the fifth round before fouling the last round to ensure
she placed seventh, one step lower than her sixth place (6.52m) finish last
month at the Eugene Diamond League.
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