World U-20 | Blake fails in men's 800 metres final bid
Published:Friday | August 5, 2022 | 4:38 PM
Jamaica's J'Voughnn Blake failed to progress beyond the semi-finals of the men's 800 metres at the World Under-20 Championships at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia on Friday.
Blake, drawn in semi-finals heat three and running in a downpour, was involved in a shoving battle in the middle of the race to fall behind and never recovered to fight for a spot in the final.
He ended sixth in 1.48.87 minutes with Kenya's Noah Kibet winning in 1:46.37 as Great Britain's Samuel Reardon did a personal best of 1:46.80 to get the other automatic spot to advance.
The race was the fastest of the three semi-finals as Ethiopia's Mersimoi Kasahun and James Harding of New Zealand advanced to the final as the two non-automatic qualifiers in a personal best of 1:46.95 minutes and 1:48.00 respectively.
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