Blessing Okagbare Unfazed By Criticism

Nigeria’s queen of the tracks, Blessing Okagbare has disclosed that he’s unfazed by people’s expectations of her.

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games bronze medallist has come in for a lot of criticisms recently due to her poor showings.

Okagbare was speaking about fans’ expectations of her via Vanguard as she said: “I don’t answer questions about expectations. I have expectations but people have expectations of me, but I am sorry I am not running for anyone.

“This is my career and I come first, regardless of what anybody thinks. No one knows how you train, yet they want you to fulfill their own expectations of you.” She concluded.

In a related development, Blessing Okagbare has pulled out of the ongoing CAA African Senior Athletics Championship in Asaba, Delta State.