Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Okagbare.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Okagbare" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="246" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Okagbare.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco" width="400" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=75161#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> 0</span></span></a><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #606569; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> <br /></div> </header><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Commonwealth Games fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare still basking in the euphoria of a wonderful perfor­mance at the Glasgow 2014 Games will take her medal hunt in the 2014 athletics season to Marrakech, Mo­rocco, venue of the African Athletics Championships, which begins August 10 and end August 14.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to Olukayode Thomas, a member of the Athletics Federation of Ni­geria, AFN, Okagbare, win­ner of sprint double (100m and 200m) at the just concluded Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and a silver medal in the 4x100m, will compete in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m. In Glasgow, she set a new Commonwealth Games record of 10.85sec in the 100m.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also listed for the for 100m, 200, and the 4x100m women in Marrakesh are Gloria Asumunu, Lauretta Uzoh, Deborah Odeyemi, Justina Sule and Weyinmi Lindsay.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Listed for 400m and 4x400m are Folashade Abugan, Omolara Omotso­ho, Patience Okon, Ada Benjamin, and Funke Oladoye.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nichole Denby will compete in the 100m hurdles, while Amaka Ogoegbunam and Kemi Francis are listed for the 400m hurdles.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abiye David will run the 800m, Ese Brume and Amadi Chinazom will do the long jump, while Bless­ing Ibrahim will do the triple jump.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For throws, Queen Obis­esan Hammer, and Chinwe Okoro will compete for medals in discuss and shot-put.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mark Jelkis, Mozavous Edwards, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Obinna Metu, Divine Oduduru,and Seye Ogunlewe will compete in the men’s 100, 200m, and 4x100m.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Robert Simmons, Orukpe Eroyakan, Akerele Omezia, Noah Akwu and Isah Salihu are listed for the 400m and the 4x400m.s</span></div> </div>

Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco

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