Blessing Okagbare,
Nigerian sprinter, beat record breaking star, Usain Bolt, to the 2016
Guinness world records feat as the athlete with the most diamond league
appearances.
Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/okagbare-beats-usain-bolt-guinness-world-record
Blessing Okagbare, Nigerian athlete, beat Usain Bolt, to the 2016 Guinness world records feat as the athlete with the most diamond league appearances.Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/okagbare-beats-usain-bolt-guinness-world-record
Blessing Okagbare, Nigerian sprinter, beat record breaking star,
Usain Bolt, to the 2016 Guinness world records feat as the athlete with
the most diamond league appearances.
Okagbare participated in 38 diamond league events higher than any other athlete in the world, according to the records.
“Multi-discipline athlete, Blessing Okagbare from Nigeria
participated at 38 Diamond league events between July 3, 2010 and
September 5, 2014. Okagbare’s specialities are the 100m and 200m sprints
and long jump,” the book said.
The IAAF Diamond League is an annual series of track and field
meetings held from 2010 till date and billed to hold again in London by
2016.
The competition was designed to replace the IAAF Golden League, which held from 1998 to 2010.
Though Bolt was awarded IAAF world athlete of the year in 2008,
2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, he is yet t to have as much appearances as
the multi-talented Nigerian.
Okagbare holds the women’s 100 metres Commonwealth Games record for the fastest time at 10.85 seconds.
Blessing Okagbare,
Nigerian sprinter, beat record breaking star, Usain Bolt, to the 2016
Guinness world records feat as the athlete with the most diamond league
appearances.
Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/okagbare-beats-usain-bolt-guinness-world-record
Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/okagbare-beats-usain-bolt-guinness-world-record
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