Ajayi, Ashe fail to reach men’s 100m final

The duo of Kanyinsola Ajayi and Tejiri Ashe failed to make it to the final race of the men’s 100 metres at the ongoing Paris Olympic Games on Sunday evening.

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 1’s 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 race’s final took place later on Sunday.