Nigerian Athlete Blessing Okagbare Receives Guinness Book Of World Records Recognition

Nigerian track and field athlete Blessing Okagbare has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the only athlete to have attended the Athletics Diamond Meetings 67 times.

For the track and field athlete, it was a dream made a reality through God’s grace and determination, she posted via verified Instagram handle Wednesday when she went public with the good news.

The mail sent to her by the body read in part: “The most appearance in diamond league meetings by an athlete is 67 and was achieved by Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) between 30 July 2010 to 31 August 2018.

The track and field athlete won a silver medal at the 2018 Beijing Olympic.

She also won silver and bronze in the long jump and 200-meter events respectively at the 2013 World Championships held in Moscow, Russia.

The 32-year-old had a brilliant outing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where she won two gold medals and a silver.


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