Nigeria’s Favor Ofili is through to the women’s 200m final, finishing 2nd behind 100m champion Julien Alfred in semi finals.
Ofili finished in 22.05s behind newly crowned 100 metres Olympic champion, Julien Alfred who ran 21.98s. USA’s McKenzie Long finished third in 22.30s.
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She becomes the first Nigerian athlete to qualify for the final of an event at the ongoing Olympics.
The 21-year-old, who was denied participation in the 100-metre race at the Olympics in Paris due to alleged administrative lapses by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria and the Nigerian Olympic Committee, will now hope to write her name in gold in the finals tomorrow.
Nigeria is yet to win any medal in the ongoing Olympics.
