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Interview: with Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) – Moscow 2013

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Silver medalist Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's Long Jump final during Day Two of the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships Moscow 2013 at Luzhniki Stadium on August 11, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
Silver medalist Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's Long Jump final during Day Two of the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships Moscow 2013 at Luzhniki Stadium on August 11, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria tells AthleticsAfrica.Com what went wrong in her 100m race after receiving two medals (Long jump Silver and 200m bronze) at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia.

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