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Ofili runs a world best in the Women's 150m at the 2025 Adidas Atlanta City Games

Date: May 19, 2025

Nigeria's Favour Ofili became the first woman to dip under 16 seconds for 150m with her performance at the adidas Atlanta City Games street meeting, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, at the weekend.

Racing on a straight temporary track, the 22-year-old Olympic 200m finalist clocked 15.85 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.

Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala won the men's race in 14.70. The 200m races were also contested on the straight track and Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes won the wind-assisted men's clash ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards 19.55 to 19.63. USA's Lynna Irby-Jackson won the women's race in 22.22.

--ChannelAfrica--

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