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born 1988
Blessing Oghnewresem Okagbare-Otegheri (born 9 October 1988) is a former Nigerian track and field athlete who specialized in Long jump and sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medalist in the long jump, and a world medalist in the 200 meters.
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Most of the people out there don't really put enough passion needed into the game.
If, as an administrator, you don't have the passion to do the right thing at the right time, then we will continue to fail.
You have failed on your end and they can't continue to depend on you and keep on waiting."
Maybe I will take part in just one event.
We have to actually start grooming, nurturing and taking care of our athletes properly."
I am looking forward to Tokyo 2020 and I believe everything will fall in place for me.
Mentally, I am always there. There is this confidence that you take to a competition as an athlete that makes you know you are ready, you are healthy.
We have seen many of our talents going to other countries. It's not a good thing, but at the end of the day, that's the only choice they are left with.
Mentally I was fine, but physically, my body was not there and I kept fighting, which made everything worse.
"I can still train, I still have a lot to accomplish. I just have to stay healthy so as to compete very well.
We lack maintenance culture; not only in other things but sports also
We need to focus on grooming athletes properly and educate them
Passion is a key thing that drives someone to be successful
My major focus right now is to start to get healthy again
You get to another stage of your life where you just don’t say things or do things like ‘I don’t know if I want to do this thing, I’m not sure’, no you have to want it, that’s just it.
I am still missing that World Championships gold medal. I've got silver and bronze
There are certain things that if you were doing them for other countries, you would have been far better than what you are now but with Nigeria it’s like an advanced labour issue.
I feel like most of the time, really some of us don’t pay so much attention on ourselves and try to put other people or other things into it. At the end of the day, we lose focus on the things we’re supposed to focus on.
When you are self-motivated and believe in yourself that you can do it, and someone is out there to call you and encourage you, it goes a long way mentally for an athlete
There is no magic in sports, as much as we the athletes want to go there and win, but there is always somebody who is working harder than you are, and more is being invested in that person than in you.