Favour Ofili has become the first Nigerian woman in 28 years to qualify for the final of the 200m at the Olympics.
Ofili, 21, came second in her heat with a season best time of 22.05 seconds behind Julien Alfred with 21.98 seconds.
The last Nigerian to achieve this was Mary Onyali, who won a bronze medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.
Ofili will now have the chance to compete for her first-ever Olympic medal tomorrow at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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Favour Ofili has become the first Nigerian woman in 28 years to qualify for the final of the 200m at the Olympics.
Ofili, 21, came second in her heat with a season best time of 22.05 seconds behind Julien Alfred with 21.98 seconds.
The last Nigerian to achieve this was Mary Onyali, who won a bronze medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.
Ofili will now have the chance to compete for her first-ever Olympic medal tomorrow at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
If you use the quotes from this content, you legally agree to give www.brila.net the News credit as the source and a backlink to our story. Copyright 2024 Brila Media.
