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Olympics: Nigeria’s Favour Ofili Advances to 200m Semi-Finals

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Nigerian athlete Favour Ofili ran a season-best time of 22.24 seconds to win her heat and qualify for the semi-finals in the women’s 200m event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

This qualification comes after the Nigerian athlete was omitted for the 100m, despite qualifying, by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC).

Ofili outpaced Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, who finished in 22.28 seconds, and Gambia’s Gina Bass-Bittaye, who completed the race in 22.84 seconds.

Ofili’s time was the second fastest overall in the heat, behind the USA’s Gabrielle Thomas, who clocked 22.20 seconds.

This is Ofili’s first Olympic appearance.

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