Africa’s Favour Ofili and Christine Mboma Earn Podium Victories at Commonwealth Games

Nigeria’s Favour Ofili and Namibia’s Christine Mboma completed second and third place, respectively, in the women’s 200m final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday, 6 August 2022.

𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙎𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝙊𝙀𝙎 𝙄𝙏 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉! 💨

🇯🇲 Elaine Thompson-Herah has done the sprint double as she comfortably claimed the gold medal in the women's 200m final. 🇳🇬 Favour Ofili and 🇳🇦 Christine Mboma came in second and third place respectively 💥 pic.twitter.com/yvjfskFqeo

— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) August 6, 2022

The 19-year-old Mboma, who made her first appearance at the Games, finished the race  behind Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah and Ofili.

Mboma finished the race in 22.80 seconds to grab the bronze medal,  while Favour Ofili ran a time of 22.51 to win silver.

Thompson-Herah, who grabbed gold, stormed to a new Commonwealth Games Record of 22.02 seconds.

Photo 1 Caption: Nigeria’s Favour Ofili and Namibia’s Christine Mboma completed second and third place, respectively, in the women’s 200m final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday, 6 August 2022. Photo: Screenshot (SuperSport)