Olympian Kanyinsola Ajayi
By OLAWALE ALABI
The duo of Kanyinsola Ajayi and Tejiri Ashe on Sunday evening failed to make it to the final race of themens 100 metres at the ongoing Paris Olympic Games.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that both sprinters failed to advance from their respective semi-finals at the Stade de France.
They failed to emerge among the top two in each race, and also did not make it among the next two fastest runners, to qualify for the final.
Ashe ran in semi-final 1s lane 1 to finish sixth in a time of 10.08 seconds and end up overall 19th.
Ajayi on his part from lane 6 of the second semi-final was also sixth with a time of 10.13 secs to finish overall 20th.
NAN reports that the races final took place later on Sunday. (NAN)
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