Crew Nigeria’s Favour Ofili made historical past Monday’s evening for qualifying for the ultimate of the ladies’s 200 metres on the ongoing 2024 Olympic Video games on the Stade de France in Paris.
Ofili turned first Nigerian to achieve the milestone since Mary Onyali raced to the ultimate of the ladies’s 200m occasion on the Atlanta ’96 video games in the USA.
She ran a season-best of twenty-two.05 seconds to position behind Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia in warmth 1 of the semi-finals.
Ofili will be a part of seven others in Tuesday night’s closing of the occasion.
The Nigerian athlete is the bottom on the listing with a world rating of 31 and with a private better of 21.96.
Alfred had within the semi-finals a time of 21.98 and Gabrielle Thomas of the U.S. had 21.86 in successful warmth 2 of the semi-finals.
Born six years after Onyali achieved the feat in 2002, Ofili will probably be aiming to higher her compatriot’s bronze-winning run.
Ofili’s groundbreaking race got here after she was omitted from the 100m race owing to administrative lapse.
