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D/ League:  Okagbare claims second place behind Fraser-Pryce

 

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare was in good form at the Diamond League in Doha Friday, despite finishing second behind Jamaican Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 100m.

The double Olympic champion, won the 100m, putting behind her a disappointing fourth-place finish in Gateshead last Sunday.

Fraser-Pryce, 34, ran 10.84 seconds ahead of Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare (10.90) with America’s Javianne Oliver finishing third (11.03).

Fraser-Pryce is hoping to become the first female athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles after taking gold in 2008 and 2012 in Beijing and London respectively after a silver at Rio 2016.

“I am happy that I won, because its far away from the fourth place that I did the last time,” she said.

“It’s going to be be the final Olympic appearance (for me) so I hope it will be good. The last three Olympics I went to I was able to stand on the podium and I’m hoping to be able to make it there again God willing.”

American Kenneth Bednarek edged Canadian André De Grasse in a scintillating 200 metres race as Kenyans dominated the middle-distance competitions.

Bednarek won in 19.88, one hundredth of a second ahead of De Grasse whose compatriot Aaron Brown was third (20.25) on a hot and humid night in the Qatari capital.

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Bednarek was delighted with the win even though he said he was “a bit nervous. But I am excited that I got in the first place. I’ll try to be even better again the next time.”

Justin Gatlin, the 39-year old 2004 100m Olympic gold medallist, finished fifth in a season’s best 20.49.

 

 

 

 

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