Her Olympic dream ends after two races.
This was not the way Allie Wilson and her coaches drew it up. Running in the first round of the women’s 800 meters on August 2, Wilson finished sixth in her heat in 1:59.69. Only the top three from each of six heats advanced to the semifinals.Everyone else? On to the repechage round. That included Wilson, who headed back to Stade de France the following morning, August 3, for a second chance. Repechage is a new wrinkle in track and field for this Olympic Games.
on Friday night, and she had to be back at 11:20 a.m. the next day for her repechage race. Distance runners at her level rarely race in the morning. In the repechage round of the 800 meters, suddenly the little qs were back. The top runner in each of four heats advanced, plus the next two fastest by time. Wilson, in lane 1, went out fast, splitting 57.3 seconds for the first 400. She looked to be in control until about 150 meters left to go, when two runners went by her.
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