Gift Okagbare has established another public record and is presently three successes from equalling Mary Onyali's imprint in the wake of hustling to her eighth public 100 meters title on Thursday at the 2021 National Championships/Olympic Games preliminary in Lagos. 

The 32-year-old Olympics, World, and Commonwealth Games medallist raged to a 10.63 seconds public record to win the ladies' 100m title. 

Okagbare's time made her the joint second-quickest lady ever behind 100 meters world record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner's 10.49s. Jamaican runner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the other lady to have run 10.63s, an accomplishment she accomplished recently in Kingston, Jamaica. 

It was Okagbare's eighth National 100m title, which took her reasonable of Endurance Ojokolo as the second most finished runner in the blue ribband race, however three successes behind Onyali, who won 11 titles. 

Okagbare showed a brief look at what's in store in the semi-last warmth when she singed to a 10.99 seconds finish at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex setting of the Olympic Games preliminaries. 

Okagbare's 10.63 seconds finish is the quickest time at any point run in the public title and the 2014 Commonwealth Games twofold run gold decoration champ said she is in extraordinary structure in front of the deferred 2020 Olympic Games. 

"Since the beginning of this season, I consider myself to be extremely prepared," she said. "I feel great, more grounded, and like the genuine Blessing Okagbare once more. I'm truly glad that this opportunity arrived down today; it will help my certainty, my confidence, and trust in God. I simply trust this equivalent thing occurs at the Olympics. 

"I have been dealing with everything and I trust it checks at the enormous stage, that is the Olympics. I was exceptionally disillusioned at my last meet when I ran 11.2, I resembled this isn't me, so when they referenced the preliminaries, I said I will be there, not because I simply need to run, but since I truly need to contend and run well. 

"Be that as it may, most importantly, I am better and when you have great wellbeing, the certainty will be there, and I am praying fervently in Tokyo. 

"I need to go to the Olympics, show improvement over I improved still recreate it, you shouldn't have to run like this to win the Olympics, at the Games you simply need to get to the end goal." 

Another US-based competitor, Rosemary Chukwuma, completed second in 11.07s while National Sports Festival champ, Grace Nwokocha, completed third in 11.11s.

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