Blessing Okagbare wins silver medal at IAAF World Championships

Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare has won Nigeria's first medal at the ongoing IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Blessing won the silver medal in the long jump event final today Sunday August 11th after jumping an impressive 6.99m. 

The last time Nigeria won a medal at the Athletic World Championship was in 1999. As it has been mentioned before she is the Nigerian sports person of the year.! Big up!