Ofili sprints into women’s 200m final at Paris Olympics

Nigerian Favour Ofili qualified on Monday night for the final of the women’s 200 metres at the Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Paris.

Ofili ran a season-best 22.05 seconds to place behind new women’s 100m champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia in heat 1 of the semi-finals.

She joins seven others in Tuesday evening’s final of the event, ranking third among the crowd.

Ofili is the lowest on the list with a world ranking of 31 and with a personal best of 21.96.

Alfred had in the semi-finals a time of 21.98 and Gabrielle Thomas of the U.S. had 21.86 in winning heat 2 of the semi-finals.

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