Kanyinsola Ajayi and Favour Ashe have superior to the semi-finals of the lads’s 100m competition on the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Ajayi, 19, received warmth 5 with a time of 10.02 seconds, breaking Davidson Ezinwa’s file for the quickest opening spherical time by a Nigerian on the Video games.
He outran Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy, who completed second with 10.05 seconds, and Ghana’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, who took third place with 10.06 seconds.
Ajayi’s efficiency brings him nearer to the sub-10-second mark, boasting a lifetime better of 10.00 seconds.
Equally, Ashe, additionally a pupil at Auburn College like Ajayi, completed fourth in his warmth with a time of 10.16 seconds.
After ready for affirmation as a non-automatic qualifier, Ashe secured his place within the semifinals.
The Nigerian duo will face stiff competitors within the semi-finals.
Ajayi, drawn in warmth 2, will compete towards Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, South Africa’s Akani Simbine, and USA’s Kenneth Bednarek.
Ashe will deal with Noah Lyles, Indirect Seville, Louie Hinchliffe, Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon, and Benjamin Azamati of Ghana in his warmth.
