Paris 2024: Nigeria Olympic Committee fails to register Favour Ofili for 100 meters event

One of Nigeria's hopes of winning a medal at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games Favour Ofili, been ruled out of the 100-meter race after the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN) failed to register her for the event.

Favour Ofili confirmed the news on her official social media accounts where she expressed her displeasure with the negligence of the NOC and the AFN for the second Olympic Games running.
She qualified for the women’s 100 meters at the Olympics after clinching the national title in April 2024.

She revealed to Nigerians that she was not included among the representatives of the country in the race at the Olympics after four years of preparing.

She said,

“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 my name. I have worked for 4 years to earn this opportunity. For what? To not be entered and compete at the Olympic Games because the responsible organisation failed to enter me?”

Recall that Ofili was among 14 Nigerians who were disqualified from participating in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. According to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the disqualification resulted from failing to comply with the out-of-competition testing (OCT) requirement.

The 22-year-old hopes to win an individual medal in the 200 meters, she hopes that the NOC will register her for this event.

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