Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has secured a spot in the final of the women’s 200m event at the ongoing Paris Olympic Games.
She finished second with a season’s best time of 22.05s behind Julien Alfred, who won the first semi final race with a time of 21.98s on Monday, August 5.
The Commonwealth Games silver medalist had failed to compete in the 100m event following the failure of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Nigerian Olympic Committee to submit her name for the event.
But the 21-year-old has made history as she becomes the first Nigerian since Mary Onyali to qualify for the 200m final, at the Olympics.
Mary Onyali achieved the feat in Atlanta 1996, over six years before Ofili was born.
