The women’s 400m hurdles repechage round is underway, with Aussie Alanah Yukick pulling off a personal best with a time of 55.11.
But, agonisingly, her result came down to a photo finish between herself and Belgium’s Naomi van den Broeck.
Repechage, when loosely translated from French, means “second chance”.
Only the first 2 in each repechage heat advance to semi-final.
Initially, officials announced that van den Broeck had qualified, but the two athletes were tied down to thousandths of a second, and Australia’s Alanah Yukick has qualified for the semi-finals.
Italy’s Ayomide Folorunso came first in the heat with a time of 55.07.
So while only the top two athletes from each heat would progress, this time there’s three going through.
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