Natoya Goule into Tokyo 2020 800m semi-finals

tokyo 2020 alertsJamaica’s Natoya Goule made light work of the women’s 800m first round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Goule ran effortless and, as usual, went to the front from early. She crossed the line comfortably in 1:59.83. Goule split at 100m was 14.1, 28.4 (200m), 44.1 (300m), 59.9 (400m), 1:15.5 (500m), 1:30.2 (600m) and 1:44.6 (700m).

Noelie Yarigo (BEN) took second behind Goule in 2:00.11, while Hedda Hynee (NOR) was the other automatic qualifier in 2:00.76.

American rising star Athing Mu, who led at the bell in 1:02.1, but trailed into the straight, won the third heat in 2:01.10. Mu, who looked very easy, bounced across the line, hardly lifting her long legs.

Habitam Alemu (ETH), who led the pack into the straight, finished second in 2:01.20.

Jemma Reekie (GBR) was the second-fastest qualifier with 1:59.97, Ajee Wilson (USA), the third-best from the first round, and 2:00.02.

SEMI-FINAL QUALIFERS
POS
RANK
HEAT
BIB COUNTRY ATHLETE
MARK
DETAILS
1
1
2
2484 JAM
1:59.83
Q
2
1
6
2024 GBR
1:59.97
Q
3
2
6
3898 USA
2:00.02
Q
4
3
6
1485 CHN
2:00.05
Q
5
2
2
1214 BEN
2:00.11 SB
Q
6
4
6
1894 FIN
2:00.15 NR
q
7
1
5
1580 CUB
2:00.71
Q
8
3
2
3074 NOR
2:00.76
Q
9
2
5
3812 URU
2:00.90
Q
10
4
2
3705 UGA
2:00.92
q
11
3
5
2880 MAR
2:00.96
Q
12
4
5
1997 GBR
2:00.96
q
13
5
2
2142 GER
2:00.99
q
14
5
6
2381 ITA
2:01.07
q
15
1
3
3875 USA
2:01.10
Q
16
6
6
1778 ESP
2:01.16 PB
q
17
2
3
1838 ETH
2:01.20
Q
18
7
6
3536 SVK
2:01.41 SB
19
1
4
3887 USA
2:01.42
Q
20
2
4
2005 GBR
2:01.59
Q
21
5
5
1044 AUS
2:01.65
22
3
4
2762 KEN
2:01.66
Q
23
3
3
3163 POL
2:01.87
Q
24
1
1
1928 FRA
2:01.92
Q
25
4
4
1840 ETH
2:01.98
26
2
1
3706 UGA
2:02.02
Q
27
3
1
3504 SUI
2:02.05
Q

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