Blessing Okagbare made it to the semi-finals in the women’s 100m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday morning, reports Completesports.com.
Okagbare , who is competing in her fourth Olympicsx won heat 6 with a time of 11.05.
Asha Phillips finished in second position in 11.31s, while Tynia Gaither came third in 11.34s.
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Earlier, Grace Nwokocha, who is competing at the olympics for the first time also made it to the semi-finals.
Nwokocha finished third in heat 5 with a new personal best of 11.00s.
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the race (10.84s), while Alja Del Ponte of Switzerland finished in second position with a a time of 10.91s, a new national record.
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The first positive news, so far this Olympics. Really happy for Nkwocha to make Semi finals at 11.00 sec. It is good.