Favour Ofili has qualified for the final of the women’s 200m at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Her 22.05 secs recorded in the semi -final has been rated third fastest time in women’s 200m at the ongoing Paris Olympics.
Executing a strong race plan, Ofili secured the second automatic spot in the second semi-final.
The 21-year-old finished second with a season’s best time of 22.05 seconds.
Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred won the race with a time of 21.98 seconds, while McKenzie Long of the United States finished third with a time of 22.30 seconds.
Ofili is the first Nigerian woman to qualify for the 200m final at the Olympics in 28 years. The last Nigerian to do so was Mary Onyali, who reached the final and won a bronze medal in the event at the Atlanta 1996 Games.