Blessing Okagbare jumping during the final in London.
2017 World Athletics Championship. London Olympic Stadium,
England.
Final women's long jump.
| 1. |
REECE |
Brittney
|
United States (USA) |
7.02 |
|
| 2. |
KLISHINA |
Darya
|
Authorised Neutral Athletes |
7.00 |
SB |
| 3. |
BARTOLETTA |
Tianna
|
United States (USA) |
6.97 |
|
| 4. |
SPANOVIC |
Ivana
|
Serbia (SRB) |
6.96 |
|
| 5. |
UGEN |
Lorraine
|
Great Britain (GBR) |
6.72 |
|
| 6. |
STRATTON |
Brooke
|
Australia (AUS) |
6.67 |
|
| 7. |
MALONE |
Chantel |
British Virgin Islands (IVB) |
6.57 |
|
| 8. |
OKAGBARE |
Blessing |
Nigeria (NGR |
6.55 |
|
Okagbare was suspended from athletics after failing a drugs test on 31st July
2021 during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a sample collected from the sprinter tested positive
for human Growth Hormone. She had already won her 100m heat. In October 2021 she
was formally charged with three offences including a positive test for another banned substance,
recombinant erythropoietin (EPO), which increases red blood cell count. In February 2020 her
athletics "career" ended with a ten year ban for multiple breaches of anti-doping rules.