Oh, baby … the news came on social media.
Here’s what Canadian track and field star Melissa Bishop had to say on Twitter on Thursday: Baby Nriagu is on THE way! Replacing abs with a baby bump this summer and we can’t wait! We are so looking forward to adding another member to the #bishnriagusquad on our road to Tokyo 2020.”
Melissa Bishop and Osi Nriagu show off her baby bump in an image posted online Thursday.
Bishop, who is from Eganville, married Osi Nriagu on Oct. 7, less than two months after she had placed fifth in the 800 metres of the world track and field championships at London. She had raced to victory in the Canadian championships in Ottawa in July.
The 29-year-old made her Olympic debut at London in 2012, the same year she first broke the two-minute mark in the Prefontaine Classic. In 2016, Bishop finished a heart-breaking fourth in the 800 metres in the Rio Summer Games, matching Canada’s best-ever Olympic result in the event, and her time of 1:57.02 established a Canadian record that still stands.
She earned a Bachelor of Human Kinetics degree in 2010 and a Bachelor of Education in 2011, both from the University of Windsor, where she met Nriagu, a long jumper.
Bishop was not among the 46 women and men nominated by Athletics Canada in mid-January for the national track and field team for the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, in April.
Melissa Bishop waves to the crowd while doing a victory lap after winning the women’s 800-metre final of the Canadian track and field championships at Ottawa’s Terry Fox Athletic Facility on July 8.