Rio Olympics: India's Jinson Johnson fails to qualify for men's 800 m semis
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 (ANI): India kicked off their campaign on track on a disappointing note on Friday as Jinson Johnson failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Men's 800m heat event here at the Rio Olympics.
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Aug 13, 2016 02:25 IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.12 (ANI): India kicked off their campaign on track on a disappointing note on Friday as Jinson Johnson failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Men's 800m heat event here at the Rio Olympics. Johnson, who barely qualified for the prestigious quadrennial event with a time of 1:45.98 in Bengaluru last month, finished with a timing of 1:47.27 to end the competition at the fifth spot in Heat 3. World record holder David Rudisha of Kenya took top spot in the heat with a time of 1:45.09 to qualify automatically for last-three, followed by South Africa's Rynardt van Rensburg and Great Britain's Michael Rimmer. India, who have sent their largest-ever contingent of 119 athletes in Rio Olympics, are yet to open their medal account in the ongoing Summer Games. (ANI)
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