In her first race of the season, Favour Ofili is .01s away from equalling the world-leading time in the 200m.
The Commonwealth 4X100m gold medalist beat all comers at the Razorback Invitational athletics meet in Arkansas.
Running for the Lousiana State University, LSU, Ofili hit the time of 22.53 to beat Talitha Diggs of Florida to second place at 22.65.
Firstly, the top end of the African Record (AR) of 22.46s helps her sail through the competition, overtaking Diggs in the final 50m.
Ofili couldn’t make any grounds on Diggs in the first 60(this means Ofili needs to do more work on her start).
Also, she overtook a 49sec 400m runner, Diggs, in the final 50 of a 200m race.
Furthermore, Ofili hasn’t competed in an open individual 400m race since 2021, and For her to still have a good top-end speed endurance over a consistent 49 runner is really impressive.
Favour Ofili Vs. Adeleke next Rivalry.
Meanwhile, the time also puts her top of the NCAA, erasing Rasheedat Adeleke’s (University of Texas) 22.59s set last week.
With her arch-college rival Abby Steiner now a professional athlete and no longer in the college circuit, the rivalry will shift towards Ofili and Adeleke to see who will dominate the 200m.