Africa’s fastest woman, Blessing
Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, has been banned from competing in the 2016 Olympics by
the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria
(AFN).
This is due to Okagbare’s failure to run for Nigeria
in the 200m event at the just concluded IAAF World Championship in
Beijing, China. She however competed in the Zurich Diamond League on
Thursday.
Guardian reports that Okagbare was Team Nigeria’s
medal hope at the IAAF Championship in Beijing but she fumbled in the 100m
final, finishing last, and also failed to show up for the 200m event four days
later, despite appearing in the warm up area.
She claimed injury and while some Nigerians were yet
to come to terms on what transpired in Beijing, there was a shocker a few days
ago, when Okagbare announced she will not be representing Team Nigeria for the
11th All Africa Games in Congo, an action which AFN and NSC finds unpatriotic.
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