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Nigerian sprinter, Favour Ofili, expressed her frustration on Tuesday, revealing that she will not compete in the 100-metre race at the ongoing Olympics in Paris due to administrative failures by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria and the Nigerian Olympic Committee.

She called for accountability from those responsible and voiced her skepticism about the trustworthiness of both organisations.

The LSU Track and Field alumni hopes to be entered in the 200-metre event.

LSU track refers to the track and field programme at Louisiana State University.

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?”

Despite qualifying for the event, Ofili disclosed that the officials did not enter her, marking a repeat of 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. Now this……”

“If those responsible are not held accountable for taking this opportunity from me, neither organisation can ever be trusted in the future! Next one is the 200 metres. I hope I’m entered.”

PUNCH Online reports that the 21-year-old was entered for 100m, 200m, 400m, 100×100 relay.

Our correspondent was, however, unable to contact the officials of the aforementioned agencies for clarifications.

Ofili, who posted around 10 pm, was one of 10 Nigerian athletes declared ineligible for the Olympics by the Athletics Integrity Unit because they were not tested rigorously enough in the run-up to Tokyo 2020.

PUNCH Sports Extra, in a July 20 publication titled, “Nigeria’s Olympic Debutants!” mentioned Ofili as one.

Making her debut in Paris, flaunting her sterling credentials of once being in the Top 8 at the World Championships, the athlete is a Commonwealth Games silver medalist, an African Games champion, a former World U20 champion, and an African Senior Athletics Championships champion in the 200m.

Her current world rankings stand at 23 in 100m and 52 in 200m. Her highest rankings are 13 in 200m, 23 in 100m, and 37 in 400m.

In May, Ofili also shattered three records in a month.

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Holly Gram Kai !!. Very fine girl .


LITE UP my WEED in peace


WTF MAN!

Nawa

Sorry!

It wasn't meant to be!

Take heart!

nlfpmod:
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Nigeria we hail thee. When you have carpenter doing the work of a nurse.

The world has gone crazy

From the opening ceremony..

When I saw Ronu Athletes wearing one dusty looking dirty yoruba attire.
I just know say na badluck them carry come Olympics
And I have been proven right
From one suspension to the other
Ronu Athletes just dey collect wotowoto


Instead of una to wear Isi Agu (Lion head Attire) to show Olympics that We Are LIONS!!!
There is a reason England flag has 3 lions
Lion is a symbol of authority

Instead
The una go wear one Green Yoruba attire that looks like rag
You Dress how you want to be addressed.
Una wear Rag, dey complain say Olympics dey treat una like trash..

If they wore isi agu attire🦁🦁🦁
The momentum and morale would have propelled us to win multiple gold.
But NO, they decided to wear Rags

Anything wey this Ronu Athletes see
Make dem collect.. Nonesense

Disappointing but not new, corruption has dealt a heavy blow to Nigeria, that we can't even get even the simpliest of things right, the sports administration will then come with the blame game and an excuse for their failure, and then everyone goes home, and then it repeats itself, nobody pays for nothing, nobody is held accountable.

Every nooks and crannies of this present government is in total disarray, very anyhow government.


But this girl no bad sha.

This was done on intent.
Let's know the names of Nigerian Olympics committee Chairperson and Secretary of the committee.
From their names, we shall know what transpired.

Institutions of higher learning in America build great sports men and women while the ones we have in Nigeria build cultists, internet fraudsters and hookup girls.

If this girl was in University of Abuja, she would have been banging frail-looking dicks like that of Ganduje or Rauf Aregbesola.

Nigeria has happened to her

You can't benefit anything from being a Nigeria citizen.

If we say protest now, that is the language that will make them wake up

Tribalism
These abo.kis and afon.jas have denied my Anioma sister an opportunity to go for gold
Thunder fire One Nigeria


All in all, Igbo Amaka

May Nigeria not happen to us

if not what dah heck is this

Nigeria my country, world's deadliest dream killer.
I really feel sad for the young lady. do you know what it means to qualify for Olympics? just for the authorities not to release funds for her to be tested. sad.

Who is the minister of sport

This is sad. Maybe she refused them sex

Who is the minister of sport. Maybe he needs something from her

Boogyman557:
Holly Gram Kai !!. Very fine girl .


LITE UP my WEED in peace


WTF MAN!

Bro😂🤣😂🤣
Wetin concern wetin you post and the news

tishbite42:
Tribalism
These abo.kis and afon.jas have denied my Anioma sister an opportunity to go for gold
Thunder fire One Nigeria


All in all, Igbo Amaka

Which stupid tribalism

She is registered for two other events

They don't want to register her for three events because her strongest events are 200 hundred meters and 4 by 100.

They believe Ofili should get better opportunities to perform in the 200 meters and 4 by100 relay. Especially the bend in the relay because of her long legs.

But they should have told her before taking the decision.

It's unfair for a person to train for four years only for others to take decisions about your performance without your consent.

Beyond incompetence. AFN had one job!

Was this an administrative failure or what?

Oya start come back

It's not your fault, there was nothing you could have done.

As long as tinubu is your president, this kinds of disappointment should not surprise you

Nigeria is bleeped up already

Iamgrey5:
Which stupid tribalism

Keep fooling yourself

AntiChristian:
Sorry!

It wasn't meant to be!

Take heart!

It wasn't meant to be twice?

This is a lame excuse!