On Monday in Tokyo, team
Nigeria’s Grace Nwokocha has advanced to the semi-finals in the women’s event.
In heat 1 of the event, Nwokocha
ran a personal best of 22.47 seconds to finish third and got one of the automatic
tickets to the semi-finals.
The heat was won by Cote
d’Ivoire’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou with 22.30, while the Bahamas’ Shaunae
Miller-Uibo was second with 22.40.
Compatriot Blessing Okagbare could have joined Nwokocha but she
was disqualified from the competition after failing a drug test.
She is one of Nigeria’s remaining hopes for a medal at the
games.
Meanwhile, Earlier on Monday, Team Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan had
placed fourth in the women’s 100m hurdles final.
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