3 Olympic finalists storm Calabar

[SunNews]

As many as three finalists from last year's 30th Olympic Games in London will be on parade this week at the 67th Cross River State/All Nigeria Open Athletics Championships which holds tomorrow at the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar.

Top on the list of the finalists is reigning national 100m queen, Blessing Okagbare, who made it to the finals of the blue ribband event at the quadrennial games.

Okagbare,who holds the pre-championships' best in the 100m (11.00 seconds), 200m (22.31 seconds) and long jump (6.92m) is aiming to extend not only her dominance in the 100m, but also create a piece of championships history by becoming the first woman in modern times to win the 100m gold five times consecutively.

Also expected to add glamour to the championships which will be used to select Nigeria's representatives to the 14th IAAF World Championships laster this year in Moscow, Russia is 400m barrier runner, Ajoke Muizat Odumosu, who made history last year as the first Nigerian quartermile hurdler to run in the finals of the Olympics.

The University of South Alabama graduate also set a new 54.40 seconds national record on her historic night on the track at the Olympic Stadium in London. Completing the list of finalists is triple jumper,Tosin Oke, who will be aiming to extend his reign as Nigeria's undisputed king of the hop, step and jump event.

Also expected in Calabar are as many as three semi-finalists from the same Olympic Games.They will be led by 400m runner, Reginna George, who is proving to be the real successor to Falilat Ogunkoya as Nigeria's authentic queen of the quartermile.Others are: Omolara Omotosho (400m) and sprinter, Gloria Asumnu.

Via: Sun News Online