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A photo of Favour Ofili squatting, with one hand on the floor, after the women’s 200m final at the Paris Olympics.

Favour Ofili of Nigeria during the athletics women's 200m final on Day 11 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 6, 2024 in Saint-Denis, France.

Photo by Henk Jan Dijks/Marcel ter Bals/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images.

Paris Olympics: African Countries Continue to Fail Their Athletes

At the just concluded Olympics, athletes from Nigeria and some African countries faced big and small challenges caused by institutional failures that have been going on for years.