2018 Commonwealth Games: Three-year injury rules Okagbare out of 100m, 200m races

It’s no longer news that Nigeria’s female sprint sensation, Blessing Okagbare will not be defending the 100m and 200m races she won at the 21st Commonwealth Games which starts Tuesday in Gold Coast, Australia.

Okagbare who last week broke Mary Onyali’s 200m record pulled out of the 100m and 200m events of the Commonwealth Games and opted to compete for Nigeria in only the relay race.

Former Olympics gold medalist, Enefiok Udo Bong, revealed that the real reason Okagbare decided to take part in just one event was because she has been nursing an injury for three years.

SportingLife.ng  also gathered that despite Okagbare’s pleas to government to come to her aid in terms of securing needed funds to treat her injury, nothing was done to support her.

Okagbare was said to have paid 19000USD to a Swedish doctor to treat her and even lost some of her Nike endorsements in the process.

Udo Obong disclosed that as far as Okagbare was concerned, personal preservation takes precedent over national interest because of what she has gone through.

However, SportingLife.ng could not independently verify if Okagbare sustained the injury while competing for Nigeria.