Who will took David Rudisha’s mantle at the Olympic Games? The race started at Saturday morning at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.
World 800m bronze medallist Ferguson Rotich ran the fastest time as Kenyans easily secured qualification in the men’s 800m semi final.
Rotich was the first Kenyan of the trio to get to action in heat one storming to a comfortable victory in 1:43.75, the fastest time outside of an Olympic final.
Australia’s Peter Bol (1:44.13) and Elliot Giles (1:44.49) of Great Britain followed in second and third places respectively, with the duo also sealing the other automatic qualification slot.
US-based Michael Saruni took to the field in heat 4 alongside Botswana’s Nigel Amos, the 2012 Olympic silver medallist with the latter earning victory in 1:45.04 as Saruni came home second in 1:45.21
With the second fastest time this year, Korir overcome a strong challenge from Mateusz Borkowski of Poland as he powered to victory in heat 6.
