Favor Ofili had been on a great run after the Phill Grand Slam Track. On May 17 at the Adidas Atlanta City Games, she smashed the women’s 150 m world best, clocking 15.85 s (wind +2.0 m/s), becoming the first woman under 16 s for the distance. On June 28 at the ATX Sprint Classic prelims, she ran a legal 10.87 s (+1.9), setting a new PB and then powered to a wind‑aided 10.78s win in the final (+3.1) . But after things seemed to be going a bit downhill for her-
At the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on July 5, Ofili made her Diamond League debut in the women’s 100 m. Despite a stiff–1.5 m/s headwind, she secured a 5th place in 11.09 s, competing against elite sprinters like Jefferson‑Wooden, Alfred, and Ta Lou‑Smith . Well, she still has to find her ground in foreign soil as she fails to grasp a win in America as well.
On July 12, 2025 in the 200m at the Ed Murphey Classic, McKenzie Long, Favour Ofili, and Olympic medalist Brittany Brown lined up on the track to face off with each other in Memphis, Tennessee. As soon as the bullet crackled through the silence, the three of these track and field speed demons ran fast enough to let the audience and spectators feel like they are in a speed fest. Long was the first to cross the finish line in a time of 21.93 seconds.
Following her was the Nigerian Olympic athlete, Favour Ofili, who finished in 22.00s, ahead of Brittany Brown in third in 22.17.
Iron sharpens iron
A great three-way battle in the 200m at the Ed Murphey Classic fields fast times all around, as McKenzie Long runs 21.93 to hold off Favour Ofili, who finished in second in 22.00 ahead of Olympic medalist Brittany Brown in third in 22.17.
Long’s 21.93 puts… pic.twitter.com/jafHVeB0Ds
— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) July 12, 2025
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