Paris 2024: Favour Ofili breaks 28-year record to seal final spot in 200m
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Nigeria’s Favour Ofili has qualified for the final of women’s 200m at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday.
She executed a good race plan to grab the second automatic spot.
Ofili finished second with a Season’s Best (SB) of 22.05s, just behind Julien Alfred who won the race, crossing the line in a time of 21.98s.
Overall, she emerged as the third fastest qualifier for the final.
By making it to the final of the 200m, Ofili wrote her name in Nigeria’s history books.
The last time a Nigerian made the final of women’s 200m at the Olympics, there was a medal up for grabs.
Mary Onyali won a bronze medal the last time a Nigerian made it to the final of 200m at Atlanta 1996 Olympics.
Ofili shrugged off initial setback of omitting her name from the 100m women’s roster despite winning the Nigeria qualifiers.
The ommision has sparked criticisms with the Sports Minister, Senator John Owan Enoh promising to fish out and punish those responsible for the anomaly.
