Boer group advanced to the finals first in 55.63 seconds. Mo Jiadie unfortunately stopped in the semifinals
In the early morning of August 7th, Beijing time, the track and field events of the Paris Olympic Games continued. In the women's 400-meter hurdles semifinals, Chinese player Mo Jiadi competed. Mo Jiadi, who appeared in lane 2 of Group 3, failed to perform at his best. With a time of 55.63 seconds, he ranked 8th in the group and missed the finals.
Mo Jiadie has improved rapidly in recent years and has become another Chinese athlete to qualify for the Olympic women's 400-meter hurdles after the famous player Huang Xiaoxiao. In the preliminaries, Mo Jiadi ran 55.43 seconds, ranking sixth in the group, and failed to advance directly. However, in the subsequent rematch, Mo Jiadi ran 54.75 seconds, setting a new personal best and reaching the semifinals.
In the semi-finals, Mo Jiadie played in the second lane of Group 3. In the same group was the Dutch star Boll. The top two and the two best scores in each group advanced to the finals. The gun went off. Mo Jiadie closely followed the big group in the first half of the race. Boll's advantage was very obvious. Mo Jiadie slowed down significantly in the latter half of the race, and finally finished 8th in the group, with a time of only 55.63 seconds, which was lower than the score in the rematch. The score was nearly a second off, and he missed the finals.
The final qualifying list for the women's 400-meter hurdles includes the defending champion McLaughlin, the Dutch star Boll, the United States' Cao Kewei, the host player Maravel, etc. The competition in the final will be very fierce.