Julius Okorie
Nigeria’s hope of picking a medal of any colour in men’s 100m race of the ongoing Olympics finally hit the rocks Sunday evening after Kanyisola Ajayi and F.O.T Ashe competing in heats one and two failed to survive the semifinals.
Ashe posted a time of 10.08s to finish 6th while Ajayi posted a time of 10.13s to equally finish 6th in his heat.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThose who will line up for the men’s final expected to take place any moment from now include, K Thompson of Jamaica who finished 9.80, F. Kerley (USA) who finished 9.84, A. Simbine (South Africa) 9.87s, L Tebogo (Botswana) 9.91, and defending champion, L.Jacobs (Italy) 9.92s.
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Others that will be part of the track burning exercise tonight are: O Seville (Jamaica) 9.81, and N. Lyles (USA) 9.83.
The final promises to be a photo finish with all the qualified athletes running below 10 seconds. Even defending champion Marcell Jacobs will have to dig really deep to survive the challenge that will come his way.
Ashe qualified by grabbing one of the fastest non-automatic spots after placing 4th in heat 4 with a time of 10.16s, placing behind Oblique Seville (9.99s), Hakim Sani Brown (10.02) and Puripol Boonson (10.13s). He had expressed delight that he made it to the semis and was hoping to build that but that did not happen tonight.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
