An emotional video of Nigeria’s sprint athlete, Favour Ofili, crying uncontrollably after missing out on a podium finish in the women’s 200 meters final has gain traction on social media.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶ ... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶
The 21-year-old athlete finished in 6th place in keenly contested race, which saw the USA’s Gabrielle Thomas clinch gold after clocking a time of 21.83 seconds.
Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia secured the silva medal, while Brittany Brown from the USA won the bronze medal.
Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita finished in fourth and fifth places, respectively, as Favour Ofili followed closely in 6th.
The emotional video, which has gone viral, has garnered reactions from Nigerians on social media.
An X user @iam_samedoho wrote: “Nigeria is a failed state. The officials have already calculated their profits from the Olympics.”
Another User @DocOmeiza said: “This is heart Wrenching. I won’t be mad at her if after this. She switches allegiance to another Nationality.”
@OnyekwereUgoch1 added: “I will actually be mad at her if she continues to race for Nigeria😡😡 everywhere you turn to in Nigeria there is a pain to bear. DAMN”
“Officials are in their luxury hotels chilling, athletes going tru hell to represent their motherland,” @papiJayIvieDenz wrote.
@QUEENOFDBLUES1 said, “I am just tired of this country. Sometimes I feel I shouldn’t be here bcos everything here feels odd to me. The way we lead ourselves, develop our country, handle ourselves, is painful to watch and annoying too.”
Ofili had previously lamented about how she wasn’t registered for the women’s 100 meters despite qualifying for the race.
In a tweeted statement, the young athlete demanded accountability from the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) for the administrative error.
