Okagbare’ll rule the world – Coach

Commonwealth and Africa’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare, has been tipped to dominate 100 meters and 200 meters in the World.
After Okagbare’s sterling performance at the Commonwealth Games, where she dusted Jamaicans to win the 100 meters in 10.85 seconds and claimed victory in the 200 meters in 22.25 seconds, her coach, John Smith, reviewed the race on Friday and said that there is still more to come from the 25-year-old.
“I’ve watched her grow up. She is going to dominate the 100 metres and 200 metres in the world for a long time,” a jubilant Smith said at the Games Village in Glasgow.
He added: “She is disciplined and hardworking. She knows what she wants and dedicate herself to a tough regime at achieving that. I’m happy for her and Nigeria because she is going to rule the world of athletics for a long time.”
Smith said that he was still looking at the possibility of Okagbare combining the 100 metres and 200 metres with the long jump.
He said: “She is good in long jump. The problem with the jump is that it comes in-between the races. It distracts other events. That is the reason why she did not do well at the London 2012 Olympics. Here in Glasgow, we have to shelve that to concentrate on the two and she came out sparkling in them.
“We’ve to study more on that. The problem with long jump is that it is determined by television. Unless we are ready to play politics.”