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Korir was 4th in heat 5 while Ferguson was 6th in heat 4.
Defending 800m Champion Emmanuel Korir's struggles on the track escalated as the US based athlete crashed out of the 2023 World Championships on Tuesday night. The Olympic champion could only muster a 4th placed finish in Heat 5 with a season's best time of 1:46.78.
This was not enough however, as faster paced athletes had already occupied the Q Room. His ouster alongside that of Ferguson Rotich in the left two outstanding Kenyans who ran in the earlier heats as the two contenders for the two-lap glory in Budapest.
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Omanyala opted to stay optimistic after the match, wearing a broad smile, as if to suggest that it was not all doom and gloom considering the amount of money he is set to earn.
Emmanuel Wanyonyi led the way with a confident victory in the first heat, powerfully steaming past Frenchman Gabriel Tual to nip the victory with his right index finger hoisted high to signify his niche.
The race gunned off to a heated start with Wanyonyi in second spot before he took the lead going into the bell with the clock on 53 seconds. Tual raced past him in the back straight but Wanyonyo shook off the nerves and took victory in a respectable 1:44.92.
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Youngster Alex Kipngetich then seized the show in the 3rd heat with another stunning victory, albeit slower than the first as he led a talented field into the final with 1:47.63. He left in his wake Djamel Sedjati of Algeria taking second and a desperate American Isaiah Harris pushing his way past the cross line.
Ferguson Rotich then crashed out in his heat, dismally lagging in the tail from the opening 100m and mustering a disappointing 6th placed finish of 1:46.53
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