Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has expressed disappointment over the omission of her name from the 100m race at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Ofili made this outburst via her ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, July 30, blaming the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) for the oversight.
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Ofili, who qualified for both the 100m and 200m events, regretted the omission and recounted her preparation ahead of the Olympics.
“It is with great regret that I have just been told I will not be competing in the 100 meters at this Olympic Games. I qualified, but those with the AFN and NOC failed to enter me. I have worked for 4 years to earn this opportunity. For what?,” Ofili states bitterly.
She recalled how lack of release of fund denied her participation at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, calling on the country’s sport regulatory bodies to be held accountable.
She recalled: “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 Nigeria athletes that qualified to not compete. Now THIS…
“If those responsible are NOT held accountable for taking this opportunity from me, neither organization can EVER be trusted in the future!
“Next one is the 200meters,
I HOPE IM ENTERED.”
By Dotun Omisakin
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Team Nigeria’s Ofili expressed disappointment over her exclusion from the women’s 100m at Paris 2024. Her omission highlights concerns about selection criteria and potential impacts on Nigeria’s medal prospects.
Sorry dear, but that’s what is now called NIGERIA.
Maybe the AGN, NOC, or other board’s president has entered his niece instead, or money has exchanged hands. That’s the way it is, sweetheart. That’s how we roll here. Get used to it, damn it!
Almost all of the pot-bellied chairmen and board members of sporting bodies in Nigeria, including the NFF, NOC, AGN, etc, are not there because of passion. They’re there for the money.
Take away the largesse sharing; nobody will care or fight for the post. Iamgine for Olypics that happens every 4 years o.
O my goodness…!!!
And this is a country that doesn’t want to be taken as a 2nd choice….LMAOoo.
An entire generation of golden eaglets players too once had their careers truncated due to an incompetent NFF official forgetting their passports in lagos.
So basically, 8 years of favour’s life has just been sacrificed on the alter of incompetence and maladministration.
First choice my foot.
Anyone whom life has given any other choice apart Nigeria should grab it with both hands. She’s one worth dying for.
Not surprised, AFN is as incompetent as NFF, they think more of the sports kits and money they will steal than the athletes.
Pathetic entities
They intentionally did this for some reasons because I know they’ll not do the same to Tobi Amusan. This Nigeria belongs to all of us wether Hausa or Yoruba so you people should watch it when you sabotage chances of the nations prospect. Weird nation I can’t wait for 1st August CNN is already arranging headline for Tinubu and his occult members. Olympics organisers will be smiling at this misfortune because Ofili was a semi final prospect.
shima d dogniels, yuh and kel are pig dogs! just shut up! facking tribalistic igbo dog! You pipo are just too triblastic for the human race! facking animal! Kwasia!! no wonder de order nigreains wnated to fack yuh pipo up in past, shame dem not achieved it – you pipo are the worst animals in the world – tufiakwa facking akramans lolz
Selfmade kindly respect yourself before I dig you on Ghanaweb last warning stay away from my thread. I don’t know why you choose to be loitering around on a Nigerian website and disgracing your country Ghana.
I’m begining to think the AFN did this to punish her for pulling out midway, from the African Athletics Championship which held in Cameroon
CS it’s a shame that you allow a Ghanaian runaway from psychiatric home to be loitering around here using amateurish unreadable words to degrade your reputable website. This is very pathetic for the nation!!!
They should send this to MIKEL OBI as he is the one that is running his mouth every where now just because he has won the UCL.
Which players in his right senses will choose Nigeria when they have even 5% chance of playing for England ?
This has got nothing to do with the wonderfull people of the country but the buch of incompetent clown disguising as administrators, i`m very sure if you interview one of them tomorrow, they will have somethin to say.