Nigeria’s sprint champion Blessing Okagbare has won gold medal in this evening’s 100m final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, setting a new Games record with her time of 10.85 seconds.

Okagbare’s fast start to the race was a key factor in her winning the race, managing to hold off a late surge by Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown to claim Team Nigeria’s third gold medal at the games.

After the race, the 25-year old stated ”I am so excited right now. A new season’s best and win. I stayed patient like my coach said I should and after 70 metres it just felt easy.”

Okagbare is now favourite to win the 200m race coming up later, while she will also compete in the long jump event and the 4×100 meters relay.