Nigerian sprinter, Favour Ofili, has revealed that she will not take part in the 100m race at the ongoing Olympics in Paris. Ofili, in a series of tweets on Tuesday night, explained that this was due to administrative failures by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, and the Nigerian Olympic Committee, NOC.
She demanded accountability from those responsible and questioned the trustworthiness of both organisations. Ofili also expressed hopes that she would be entered for the 200m event. Her post read, “It is with great regret that I have just been told I will not be competing in the 100 metres at this Olympic Games. 'I qualified, but those with the AFN and NOC failed to enter me.
I have worked for four years to earn this opportunity. For what?” Ofili also revealed that the officials not entering her for the event was a repeat of what happened at the previous Olympics, Tokyo 2020. She added, “Please remember, in the last Olympic Games, I was not able to compete because AFN, NADC and NOC failed to release funds for athletes to be tested, which made 14 Nigerian athletes that qualified to not compete.
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