Nigeria’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare, has explained why she failed to shine at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil.
The sprint queen claims that change in her training regime from 2010 to 2014 after she changed coaches, affected her performances negatively.
“The change actually slowed me down as I was used to the regime of my former American coach whose expertise made me win lots of races and jumps,” she said.
“The styles imputed in me during his reign from 2010 to 2014 made me a great athlete. At the London 2012 Olympics, my coach prepared me such that once I stand upright in a sprint, I will just be flying. That was when I ran 100 metres at 10.79 seconds. I was good to win a medal at the London 2012 Olympics, but the pressure was too much on me to help Nigeria at least win a single medal just for the taking.
“I tried my best but other determined athletes from other countries of the world put me down with their spectacular races in the 100m and 200 metres finals. I was primed to win but, it didn’t happen the way I expected.”
Okagbare also dismissed stories that claimed she was pregnant and insists she was adapting to the methods of her new coach.
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