Wednesday 30 / October / 2024
Paris: Oman’s women sprinter Mazoon al Alawi finished seventh in the preliminary heat two of the 100m race event on Friday at Stade de France in her third Olympics appearance in Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The 26 years old could not advance to first round competitions after she clocked 12.58 seconds in seventh place. This result was not enough to be among the best four sprinters from four heats to progress into the first round competitions including the top three in all the four heats.
Vietnamese runner Tai Nhi Yen secured first place as she recorded 11.81 seconds. She followed by Grenada's Halie Hazard in second place with a time of 11.88 seconds. Bo Ya Zhang from Chinese Taipei finished third place after she clocked 11.99 seconds. The top three runners from each group along with the five best times from the four groups advanced to the first round which took place in the afternoon session of the same day. A runner from gulf represented by UAE's Mariam Karim was in the heat two and she finished ninth with a time of 13.26 seconds.
Mazoon could not break her record which is11.47 seconds as the personal best in the 100m race. Moreover, She did not manage to break her previous timing in the previous Olympic Games as she had finished sixth in the preliminary heats of Group 3 at Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a timing of 12.35 seconds while at Rio 2016 Olympics, she had recorded 12.43 seconds.
