By Onochie Anibeze
Blessing Okagbore  has run a race that solomon Ogba, the Athletics Federation Chairman is proud of. Ogba  is already dreaming of something good from the London Olympics.

Blessing returned 11.01 seconds at the weekend at the First Diamond League in Doha, Qatar. It was her first 100m race in the season. And that’s why Ogba hopes that she could lower the time to a sub 11 seconds with time and be in the range for a medal at the Olympics. Another thing that delighted Ogba was that Blessing ran with the best in the world at the moment.

“That was like an Olympic final,” Ogba said with excitement.

That time, however, placed Blessing fourth in a race current hottest girl in the world won. Allyson Felix of USA punched the air in celebration after beating Jamaican rivals.

She ran 10.92, two seconds faster than World and Olympic 200m champion Veronica Cambell-Brown who returned 10.94. Olympic champion Shelly Ann Fraser beat Blessing to the third place with a time of 11 seconds.

“This is the kind of race you will see in the final in London,” Ogba repeated, adding “I think that with time Blessing can run under 11 seconds and anything can happen. If she could run like this in her first 100m race of the season, then expect things to happen. May God help us.”

Ogba spoke from Doha where he watched Blessing in the Diamond League with Falilat Ogunkoya.

Americans showed, in Doha, that the tracks in London will be a great spectacle. It may not be all the way for Jamaicans as Justin Gatlin, still relishing his World Indoor title beat  former world record holder Asafa Powell in 9.87 secs .

After his feat at Athens Olympics he wend under following a two year ban for using drugs. “I want everybody to know that Gatlin is back and I want the Olympic title,” he said after winning in Doha. He will have his hands full with Usain Bolt and Blake still in contention   in London.