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Nigeria's Okagbare wins Commonwealth Games women's 100m

By AFP
Nigeria The 23-year-old has hit form at the right time, dipping under 11 seconds twice this month.  By Adrian Dennis (AFP/File)
TUE, 29 JUL 2014
The 23-year-old has hit form at the right time, dipping under 11 seconds twice this month. By Adrian Dennis (AFP/File)

GLASGOW (AFP) - Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare won women's 100m gold at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.

Okagbare, who won long jump silver and 200m bronze at the 2013 world championships, clocked a Games record of 10.85sec.

Jamaican duo Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart took silver and bronze at Hampden Park in 11.03 and 11.07sec respectively.

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