Ofili breaks 150m women’s world record in Atlanta

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, on Saturday (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. Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala won the men’s race in 14.70 (-1.1m/s).

The 150m is a distance that is rarely run at major competitions like the Olympics, Commonwealth Games or African Games, but it is still a huge achievement for Ofili to hold its world record.

Ofili was a finalist in the 200m women’s event at the 2024 Paris 0lympics where she came distant 6th to finish out of the medals zone.