Favour Ofili misses out on Paris 2024 Olympics bronze medal by 0.o4 seconds

• Team Nigeria’s Favour Ofili failed to finish on the podium in the finals of the women’s 200-metre event at the Paris Olympics
• The 200-metre final featured a strong field of elite athletes including Julien Alfred vying to etch their names in the Olympic history
• The 21-year-old Ofili became Nigeria’s first athlete in 28 years to participate in the fina200-metre category final in the Olympics

Favour Ofili missed out on a podium finish at the Paris 2024 Olympics 200 metre final.

The Nigerian sprinter narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing just four one-hundredths of a second behind third-place Britanny Brown.

According to data courtesy of WorldAthletics.org, the United States’ Gabrielle Thomas finished in first place with a staggering 21.83 seconds, ahead of Julien Alfred, who clinched second with 22.08 seconds.

However, the fight for the bronze medal was nothing short of a photo finish, with United States’ Brittanny Brown, Great Britain’s duo of Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita, and Nigeria’s Ofili being separated by just four-tenths of a second.

A podium finish would have secured Ofili’s place in Olympic history as Nigeria’s first 200-metre medalist since Mary Onyali in 1996.

Despite falling short, the 21-year-old can take pride in being Nigeria’s first finalist in the 200-metre in 28 years.

Source: Legit.ng