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A new kid on the bloc on the athletic scene Favour Ofili has shattered the national record of embattled Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare 200 metres record.
Ofili broke the record while returning with a blistering 21.96 secs shattering Okagbare’s 22.04 seconds standing since 2018 to become the first collegian athlete to ever go sub 22 secs at Tom Jones Memoria.
.With the time, she also emerged as the first first Nigerian female to break 22secs in the women’s 200m.
She has set a new National Record, NCAA Record. Her time is also the fastest in the world this year, the fastest ever in the NCAA and a new School Record.
On Friday, Favour Ofili powered to World Lead of 21.96s (1.3) to take the women’s 200m at the Tom Jones Invitational in Florida, ahead of Kamaya Debose-Epps who ran 22.81secs and Jonah Ross in 22.91secs.
She is a Nigerian track and field athlete specializing in the 200 metres and 400 metres sprints.
She is the 2019 African Games silver medalist in the 400 metres. She is also the 2019 African Youth Champion in the 200 and 400 metres
At just 16, she represented her country at the 2019 World Relays in Yokohama running in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays.
She was named the female athlete of the meet at the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics after winning both the 200 and 400 meters events. She set personal best times in both her events.
She finished second behind Patience George at the 2019 Nigerian Championships and ran under 52 sec for the first time in the 400 m.
She bettered this mark at the African Games finishing second in a personal best of 51.68 s, and thereby qualified for the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha. She anchored the Nigerian team (Kemi Francis, Patience George, Blessing Oladoye, Favour Ofili) to a gold medal in the women’s 4 x 400 m relay at the African Games. This secured a second senior medal for the young athlete.