Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has dedicated her 100-meter Olympia Trials gold medal to her coach. She appreciated her coach for always tolerating her.
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On Sunday night at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Ofili won her first Nigeria Championships 100-meter gold with a new personal season’s best time of 11.06 seconds.
Favour Ofili beat Justina Eyakpobeyan, the silver medal winner of the Commonwealth Youth Games, who finished third in 11.47 seconds, and Olayinka Olajide, the silver medalist from the African Games, who finished second in 11.37 seconds.
AFN is using the national trials to select the nation’s athletes for both the African Senior Championships in Douala, Cameroon and the Paris Olympics.
In the men’s 100m final also decided Sunday night, Kanyinsola Ajayi emerged as a first time Nigeria 100m title winner after speeding past (10.14) Alaba Akintola (10.16s) and defending champion, Usheoritse Itsekiri (10.22s.).
Ajayi was, however, unable to secure his passage to the Olympics at the Championships as he needs to run 10.00 seconds to do so.
In the men’s Shot Put, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi successfully defended his title with a 21.37m effort. It is his fourth straight title win and five overall after winning on his debut in the competition in Sapele in 2016.
Enekwechi told The Guardian that his focus now is on winning the African Senior Championships and also making the final at the Paris Olympics.
“Currently, I am the number eight thrower in the world. My prayer is making it to the final at Paris Olympics, and from there, anything can happen.”
