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Nowe finishes sixth

On her Olympics debut, Oratile Nowe has finished sixth in the women's 800m heat.
On her Olympics debut, Oratile Nowe has finished sixth in the women's 800m heat.

On her Olympics debut, Oratile Nowe has finished sixth in the women's 800m heat.

She clocked 2: 01.00 but failed to earn automatic qualification to the semi-final. However, she has a chance to qualify by running in the repechage tomorrow morning at 11:28 am. A repechage is a contest for the best-placed finishers who failed to win the heats, competing for a place in the final. Meanwhile, her training partner at the Sepeng Athletics Project in South Africa, Prudence Sekgodiso finished in position two in heat three to proceed to the semi-finals with a time of 1:59.84.

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