Funmilayo FamesoOluwatobiloba Amusan wins Nigeria’s first ever sprint hurdles gold in a time of 12.68 secs, beating Jamaica’s duo Danielle Williams (12.78) and Yanique Thompson (12.97) into the minor places at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on Friday.
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor clocked a wind-aided 100m time of 10.72 secs (+2.7m/s) to win the women’s invitational event at the 91st Texas Relays on Saturday.
Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor opened her 2018 season on a record breaking one, shattering Mary Onyali’s 22-year old 200m African Record of 22.07, with a new mark of 22.04 (+0.5) at the Wes Kittley Invitational in Abilene, Texas, on Saturday 24 March.