Nigeria: I Want to Enjoy My First C'Wealth Games - Okagbare

Jamaica won two gold medals at the second night of athletics at the Commonwealth Games. True to the nation's sprint heritage, one came in the men's 100m, but the other came from the shot circle. There were also gold medals for Nigeria and Canada on another record-breaking evening at Hampden Park.

Multi-talented Blessing Okagbare demystified the Jamaicans traditional strong hold when she won the women's 100m in a Commonwealth Games record of 10.85 from Jamaican duo Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart who took silver and bronze in 11.03 and 11.07 respectively. Nigerian Okagbare won long jump silver and 200m bronze at last year's IAAF World Championships.

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