Paris 2024: Favour Ofili reacts to her Olympics 200-meter final race

Nigeria's sprinter, Favour Ofili has reacted to her disappointing outing at the Paris 2024 Olympics 200-meter final race which saw her finished in sixth place in what had been described as the most competitive finals in the history of the games.

Favour Ofili came into the final race of the Olympics with hope from alot of Nigerians lying on her shoulders following her impressive run in the heat and also in the semi-finals where she came in second place. The 21-year-old posted her official X account some minutes after the race to express her disappointment of not winning a medal at the 200-meter but was able to maintain a level of positivity.

She said,

"Gods will not mine. It's been a hard one coming. Tried to be mentally ready regardless of the shocking news I took few days back. I gave it my all from lane 9."

Ofili still has a chance of winning a medal when she takes her spot with the rest of her team in the 4x100m relay which will be going down towards the end of the games.

Recall that Favour Ofili was hit the disappointing news earlier in the games when she released that she was not registered for the 100-meter event. She has blamed the Nigeria Olympic Committee and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria for the error but had to shift attention to prepare for the 200-meter.

There is no news yet from the parties involved concerning why she was not left of the 100-meter dash.

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