BLESSING OKAGBARE DASHES NIGERIA'S HOPES FOR A MEDAL IN 100 METRES SPRINT

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare dashed the hopes of Nigeria by coming last in the Women's 100 metres sprint. The sprinter was Nigeria's brightest hope for a medal in track and field. After an inspiring first place finish at the semi finals, there were high hopes that she would repeat the performance and bring home the gold medal. She ran a lackluster race, beginning with a bad start to place last position. Shirley Fraser Pryce of Jamaica won gold, Carmelita Jeter from the U.S.A won silver and Veronica Campbell Brown won bronze.

AFRICA WINS FIRST GOLD MEDAL AT THE LONDON GAMES

South africa has won the first medal for Africa at the London 2012 Olympic games. Cameron Van Der Burgh won gold in the 100 meter Breast stroke in a world record time of 58.46 seconds beating out Christian Sprenger of Australia, who won the silver medal in 58.93 seconds and Brendan Hansen of the U.S.A who took bronze in 59.45 seconds