Paris Olympic:Ofili,Oborududu Dash Nigerian’s Medals Hopes As Ogazi Pace To 400m Olympics History 

Emmanuel Clement 

Nigerian athlete, Favour Ofili, on Tuesday, finished sixth in the final of the women’s 200 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics taking place in France.

While Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred took the silver medal with 22.08 seconds, and USA’s Brittany Brown completed the podium.

Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita finished in fourth and fifth, respectively.

The Nigerian was beaten by Nonoka Ozaki in the Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 68kg bronze medal match.

Meanwhile, in the men’s 400m event, Samuel Ogazi ran a new personal best of 44.50 secs to finish second behind USA’s Quincy Hall, who won the race in 44.28 secs. Ogazi’s impressive performance marked the first time in 16 years that a Nigerian male quarter-miler will qualify for the 400m semifinals at the Olympics