Team Nigeria’s hope of winning the first medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was dashed on Tuesday night following dismal performances of Favour Ofili in the final of the women’s 200m
Ofili clocked 22.24s to finish sixth in the 200m final won by USA’s Gabby Thomas in a time of 21.83s.
Ofili, 21, was unable to make up for her 100m miss with a medal in the event, having run a new season’s best of 22.05s to book her place in the final on Monday. She beat her 22.24s, which she ran in the heats on Sunday.
She is the first Nigerian woman to qualify for the final of the 200m at the Olympics in 28 years after Mary Onyali did at the Atlanta 1996 Games, where she won a bronze medal.
