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Melissa Bishop
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu (born August 5, 1988) is a Canadian runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, and won a silver medal at the 2015 World Athletics Championships. Her World Championship medal was the first ever medal in the 800 m by a Canadian woman. Bishop-Nriagu graduated from University of Windsor and is only the third Canadian woman to achieve a time under 2:00 minutes in the 800 m. She is currently the national record holder for this distance.
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Born
1988-08-05
Birth Place
Eganville,_Ontario
Nationality
Canadians
Height
1.73
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Melissa Bishop is having another baby

Canadian 800m record-holder Melissa Bishop-Nriagu announced via social media on Tuesday that she and her husband, Osi, are expecting their second child this July. “A bundle of love is on the way!” Bishop wrote in a caption on Instagram. “Our family is growing by one this July and we are so excited. “Corinne is asking all the questions (not where do babies come from…yet), and if she’ll get a cupcake when the new baby comes.”
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Olympic Runner Melissa Bishop on How She Stays Motivated

Melissa Bishop is no stranger to training hard. The 32-year-old 800-metre runner is a two-time Olympian, world championship silver medalist and Canadian record holder who had high aspirations for the 2020 Tokyo summer Olympics. Then COVID-19 derailed her plans. In March 2020, when the IOC announced that the event was postponed until 2021, the big goal Bishop was working towards suddenly dissipated.
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