Delta born Favour Ofili says she still hungry for more after she triumphantly blazed to clocking 11.06s to grab her maiden women’s 100m title on Day 1 of the Nigerian Olympic Trials in Benin.
Ofili automatically qualified for the Paris Olympics over the event taking place at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin.
In flash interview Ofili urged Nigerians to continue praying for her adding that she will go all out in the Paris Olympics to make the nation proud.
“I feel great and I am still hungry for more. The secret is being patient. I didn’t leave 400, my coach observed and did what a coach ought to do. That’s why I am still there.
“I will go there and do what I am supposed to do more importantly, stay healthy. You all should pray for me to be healthy because if I am healthy, you know what I can do.
Every spectator was on his feet.hailing Ofili”s simulating perform last night in Benin.
The AFN boss Chief Tonobok Okowa and other board members present were over the moon Congratulating the AthIetics icon for a good show which reminds many of Blessing Okagbare’s stainless era.
Okowa said, Nigeria’s AthIetics is moving in the.right.direction and Only the.kind of Favour Ofili”s performance can make it visible to the world.
“As you could observe, everyone is happy and jubilant, that’s want we want in Nigeria and for AFN, progress among our AthIetes on all front. Ofili has shown.that given the right atmosphere and good Sponsorship, our AthIetes do wonders and go very far in lifting the country’s name and image world wide, She came home and inproved her season best Which also qualified her for the 100m at the Olympics”, Okowas said.
