Sports - July 31, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympics: Nigerian Runner Favour Ofili Left Out of 100m Race

Ukpono Nsima July 31, 2024

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Nigerian runner Favour Ofili won’t compete in the 100m race at the current Paris Olympics. She shared this news in several tweets late Tuesday night.

Ofili explained that she was missing out because of mistakes made by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC).

She criticised both organisations for their lack of responsibility and questioned their reliability.

It is with great regret that I have just been told I will not be competing in the 100 meters at this Olympic Games. I qualified, but those with the AFN and NOC failed to enter me. I have worked for 4 years to earn this opportunity. For what? pic.twitter.com/eehuKziNaU
— Favour Ofili (@FavOfili) July 30, 2024

Despite this setback, Ofili still hopes to participate in the 200m race. In her tweets, she expressed her frustration: “I am very disappointed that I won’t be running the 100 meters at these Olympic Games.

I qualified, but the AFN and NOC did not register me. I have been working towards this for four years. For what?”

This isn’t the first time Ofili has faced such issues. She mentioned that similar problems occurred at the last Olympics in Tokyo 2020, where mismanagement by the AFN and NOC resulted in 14 Nigerian athletes, including herself, being unable to compete due to a lack of funding for necessary tests.