Africa’s fastest woman Blessing Okagbare and former national sprint king, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, top the list of athletes representing Nigeria at the 2015 World Championships holding in Beijing, China, from August 22 to 30.
Egwero and Okagbare, who was absent at the All Nigeria Athletics Championships in Warri, Delta State last week, remain Nigeria’s only representatives in the 100 metres events, as their teammates failed to make the IAAF standards.
Okagbare will feature in the women’s 100m and 4x100m events, Gloria Asumnu and Ngozi Onwumere will compete in the 200m, while Stephanie Kalu, Deborah Odeyemi and Cecilia Francis will complete the team in the women’s 4x100m event.
