Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare  came third final the 200 metres women final at the World Athletics Championships won by Jamaica’s 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who looked to be in better shape than she was last year when finishing a well-beaten second in the Olympic final.
The 26-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who regained her 100m title on Monday, timed 22.17 seconds while 100m silver medallist, Murielle Ahoure of Ivory Coast, took silver in a photo finish with Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, both of whom timed 22.32.