Favour Ofili Breaks Blessing Okagbare’s National Record For 200M Dash

Favour Ofili smashes Blessing Okagbare’s Nigerian 200 meters national record of 22.04, that had stood since 2018, on Friday night at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida.

Ofili, a sophomore at the Louisiana State University (LSU), blasted out of the blocks and posted a world leading time of 21.96 seconds to break the NCAA (collegiate) record of 22.02 set by Florida’s Kyra Jefferson at the 2017 NCAA championships.

The 19-year-old became only the second woman in African history to go sub-22 seconds in the 200 meters joining Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist Christine Mboma of Namibia, who has a personal-best time of 21.78.