Canada’s Melissa Bishop-Nriagu finishes fourth in women’s 800m heat, fails to advance to semis
Canada's Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, right, leads a pack of runners during the women's 800 metres race at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021. Bishop-Nriagu was unable to advance to the semi-finals.heartbreak for Melissa Bishop-Nriagu on the opening morning of track and field in Tokyo.
The 32-year-old from Eganville, Ont., ran two minutes 2.11 seconds, fading over the final 40 metres. Her Canadian record is 1:57.01.Canadians Madeleine Kelly and Lindsey Butterworth also didn’t move on.Bishop-Nriagu, who was fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was in the third heat and had to wait and watch three more heats run before knowing her fate.
Canada will have two runners in the men’s 3,000-metre steeplechase final after solid runs in the heats by Matt Hughes and John Gay.
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