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Nigerian sprinter, Favour Ofili has qualified for the final of women’s 200m at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Ofili executed a good race plan to grab the second automatic spot.
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Ofili finished 2nd with a Season’s Best of 22.05s, just behind Julien Alfred who won the race, crossing the line in a time of 21.98s.
Favour Ofili is the first Nigerian woman to qualify for the final of the 200m at the Olympics in 28 years.
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The last time a Nigerian made the final of women’s 200m was in Atlanta 1996 when Mary Onyali won a Bronze medal. Ofili was not even born then.
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