Nigerian track and field sprinter – Favour Chukwuka Ofili became the first-ever woman in the world to ran under 16 seconds for 150m with her performance at the adidas Atlanta City Games street meeting, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, on Saturday, May 17.
Racing on a straight temporary track, the 22-year-old Olympic 200m finalist clocked 15.85 (2.0m/s) and won clear ahead of USA’s Tamari Davis, who with 16.14 was also inside the 16.23 world best achieved by Shaunae Miller-Uibo in Boston in 2018.
Born in Port Harcourt, Ofili announced herself to the world when she won silver in the women’s 200m metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK.
The 22-year-old Nigerian sprinter [Ofili] made her Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where she finished 6th in the women’s 200m final.