Amos falls short

Nijel Amos PIC: MONIRUL BHUIYAN
Nijel Amos PIC: MONIRUL BHUIYAN

The nation’s hopes of a first ever Olympic Games Gold medal suffered a huge dent when Nijel Amos finished in position eight in the men’s 800-metre final on Wednesday.

He stopped the clock at 1:46.41, way below expectations. It was not an easy road to the final after the Sunday fall in the semi-final. The 2012 Olympic Games silver medallist was the favourite to clinch a medal considering that he was the fastest man going into the race after he clocked 1:41.73 in Monaco last month. However, the going got tough for him as he tried to accelerate in the last 200m trying to pass Patryk Dobek of Poland. The home stretch was worst for Amos as all his compatriots zoomed past him.

Kenya's Emmanuel Korir won the final clocking 1:45.06. His teammate Ferguson Rotick finished second to stop the clock at 1:45:23. Dobek took home the bronze medal with a time of 1:45.39.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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