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To reach this stage, Ajayi defeated the Olympic champion, Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who finished 2nd in 10.05s, with Ghana’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu coming in 3rd in a time of 10.06s.

The Ikorodu-born African Championships silver medallist left Lagos in January this year to go to school in the United States (Auburn University), and now he will be competing in the semifinals of men’s 100m at the Olympics.

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).

Also making his Olympic debut, Favour Ashe also qualified but wasn’t too pleased with how he executed his race. He is however happy to have qualified for the semis, as this gives him another opportunity to execute his race as he would love to.

“I came into today’s meet with a plan of running the perfect race…but during this heat, I didn’t execute well,” he said as per Making of Champions.

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