Nigeria’s
fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare, on Thursday leapt to a new 6.97m
personal best in the long jump event to win the gold medal as the 66th
Cross River State/All Nigeria Open Athletics Championships ended in
Calabar.
The jump was not only 6cm better than
her previous personal best which fetched her the bronze medal at the
29th Olympic Games in Beijing, China four years ago, it also fetched
her the N2m jackpot prize set by the Athletic Federation Nigeria.It was
reserved for athletes who achieved the best performance, based on the
IAAF Scoring (Hungarian) table of athletics.
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
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