Brooks Beasts' Josh Kerr advances to 1500m semis as a time qualifier...
Kerr, the reigning British national champion in this event, ran in the first heat and finished seventh with a time of 3:36.29, as Ismael Debjani of Belgium won in 3:36.00.
The top six finishers in each of the three heats automatically advanced to the semis on Thursday; Kerr advanced as one of six time qualifiers.
In the same heat, 2018-19 University of Washington volunteer coach Amos Bartelsmeyer of Germany finished 11th in 3:38.36 in what turned out to be the fastest of the three heats.
Heat 2 saw fellow 2018-19 University of Washington volunteer coach and defending champion Matthew Centrowitz control the field by going to the front early and deliberately slowing the pace down.
Centrowitz finished second in the heat, running 3:41.12 as Abel Kipsang of Kenya won the heat in 3:40.68.
University of Washington redshirt freshman Sam Tanner of New Zealand finished ninth in 3:43.22, 1.32 seconds out of sixth place and an auto qualifier.
Vancouver native Kara Winger, competing in her fourth Olympics, finished eighth in the first flight of the javelin, with a second round throw of 195-10 (59.71m).
She started her day with a first round throw of 190-1 (57.95m), then finished her day with a toss of 191-11 (58.51m), which put her outside the top twelve to advance to the finals.
Tuesday night, former Renton resident Devon Allen, who was an Olympic finalist in 2016 in the 110 hurdles, makes his debut in the first round at 7:42 pm Tokyo time/3:42 am Seattle time, as he'll need to finish in the top 4 in his heat or be one of the four fastest time qualifiers.
In the two finals contested Tuesday morning, Germany's Malaika Mihambo backed up her 2019 world championship with a sixth round mark of 22-11 (7.00m) to overtake 2012 Olympic champion Brittney Reese, who jumped
To end the Tuesday morning session, Norway's Karsten Warholm delivered a Beamoneque performance by winning the 400 hurdles in a world record time of 45.94. Team USATF's Rai Benjamin was second in 46.17, also under the previous world record set by Warholm last month of 46.70, with Brazil's Alison dos Santos third in 46.72. All three went under the previous Olympic record of 46.78 set by Kevin Young of the United States at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
Here's video of the race (may be geoblocked outside the United States), courtesy NBC Olympics:
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Results and start lists are available through the home page of the World Athletics Tokyo Olympics microsite.
NOTE: The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, USA Track & Field, & World Athletics contributed to this report.
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