The luck was with Catriona Bisset and Peter Bol in Eugene, as the Australian pair both advanced in their 800 metres events amid drama at the world athletics championships.
Key points:
- Bisset fell in the final lap of her 800m heat
- She was promoted to the semi-finals by event officials
- Bol reached the men’s final as a non-automatic qualifier
After being pushed to the track in her women’s 800m heat, Australian record holder Bisset won a reprieve and was added to the semi-final field by the race jury.
In the men’s semi-finals, Bol was all but certain he had missed a spot in the final after running third in the first of three races, with only the top two gaining automatic spots in the final.
But the other two semi-finals were not any quicker, allowing the Australian to sneak into the final in eighth spot overall with a time of one minute and 45.58 seconds.
Bol now gets the chance to improve on his fourth-placed finish at last year’s Tokyo Olympics.
Bisset was in third spot and seemingly well placed to gain one of the three automatic qualifying places in the women’s two-lap event when the incident occurred on the final bend at Hayward Field.
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