Reigning Commonwealth queen of the track Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor will be hoping for another slice of history when the 16th edition of the IAAF flagship event, the world championships get underway at the Olympic stadium in London this evening.

Blessing Okagbare 

Okagbare, silver (long) and bronze (200m) bronze medal winner at the championships’ 14th edition four years ago in Moscow,Russia where she made history as the first Nigerian to win two medals at the same championships will be hoping to become the first Nigerian to win a blue ribband medal.

The closest Nigeria came was Olusoji Fasuba’s fourth place finish in 2007 at the Naggai stadium in Osaka,Japan but Okagbare will relish her chances of surpassing that feat following her late return to form.

The six-time Nigeria 100m champion ran her first sub-11 seconds 100m race (10.99 seconds) last month at the IAAF Diamond League meeting at the Olympic stadium in London, venue of the championships.