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Mary Moraa and Lilian Odira have successfully secured their tickets to the women's 800m semifinal as Vivian Chebet missed the slot and will try her luck in the repechage round.
The first heat saw Briton Jemma Reekie dominate from gun to tape to take the top honours in a stunning 2:00.00 ahead of Gabriela Gajanova and Juliette Whittaker who finished second and third in respective times of 2:00.29 and 2:00.45.
The second heat had in form Prudence Sekgodiso who has the pressure to reclaim South Africa’s 800m title following Caster Semenya’s victory at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Uganda’s Halimah Nakaayi was also in the mix in the hotly-contested round.
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The race was eventually won by Cuban athlete Daily Cooper who clocked 1:58.88 ahead of the South African who finished second in 1:59.84. Rachel Pellaud completed the podium in a time of 2:00.07 with Nakaayi missing the podium place and will contest for a slot in the repechage round.
Heat three had Kenyan Vivian Chebet making her Olympic debut and going up against very strong opponents including Great Britain’s wunderkind Phoebe Gill and Ethiopia’s Worknesh Mesele.
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Worknesh won the race in 1:58.07 as Renelle Lamote finished second with Gill coming in third in respective times of 1:58.59 and 1:58.83.
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Mary Moraa’s greatest rival Keely Hodgkinson was competing in Heat four, where she was no fluke as she claimed the win dominantly in 1:59.31, sending warning shots at opponents ahead of the semifinal and final. Nia Akins finished an impressive second in 1:59.67 as Noelie Yarigo completed the podium.
Moraa, competing in heat five finished second in 1:57.95 as Tsige Duguma won the race in an impressive 1:57.90. Shafiqua Maloney completed the podium in a stunning national record time of 1:58.23.
Heat six saw Jamaica’s Natoya Goule-Toppin take the top honours in 1:58.66 with Claudia Hollingsworth finishing second in 1:58.77. Kenya’s Lilian Odira completed the podium in personal best time of 1:58.83.
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