{"id":8227,"date":"2013-08-12T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/okagbare-grabs-a-silver-medal-at-the-ongoing-iaaf-womens-long-jump\/"},"modified":"2013-08-12T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T16:45:00","slug":"okagbare-grabs-a-silver-medal-at-the-ongoing-iaaf-womens-long-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/okagbare-grabs-a-silver-medal-at-the-ongoing-iaaf-womens-long-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"Okagbare grabs a silver medal at the ongoing IAAF Women\u2019s Long Jump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blessing Okagbare, the 24 year-old Delta-born athlete, who is leading Nigeria\u2019s medals chase at the on-going IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow, yesterday when she jumped to a silver medal win in the Women\u2019s Long Jump event at the Luzhniki Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Okagbare\u2019s penultimate jump of 6.99m was only surpassed by the defending champion from America, Brittney Reese, whose second jump of 7.01 was enough to win her the gold.<\/p>\n

Okagbare\u2019s silver earned her $ 30, 000 from the IAAF. Reese pocketed $ 60, 000 for her gold-medal win.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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