Ofili advances to semi-finals in women’s 200m

Team Nigeria’s Favourite Ofili advanced on Sunday at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games in Paris to the semi-finals of the women’s 200-metre event.

Running in lane 2 of heat 6 of the event’s first round at the Stade de France, Ofili ran a season-best 22.24 seconds to win the heat.

She won ahead of Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, who ran in at 22.28 to place second in that heat.

Supreme News reports that Ofili has therefore qualified for Monday evening’s semi-finals.

She is among the 18 athletes, the top three in the six heats, who have advanced to the next round.

”It was tough winning, but I did it, and I am proud of myself,” Ofili said.

The 21-year-old 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, however, said the semi-finals were going to be a different ball game.

”It is going to be tougher, but I will do my best to get into the final,” she promised.