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Olympics: PH’s Knott exits 200m race after finishing last in her heats

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/08/02/20191208-sea-games-athletics-running-cd-13.jpg"/><figcaption>Kristina Knott of the Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games in December 2019. <em>Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Kristina Knott of the Philippines finished 5th and last in her heats in the women’s 200 meters on Monday to exit the Olympics in Tokyo.</p><p>Knott, the reigning Southeast Asian Games champion, clocked 23.80 seconds in the preliminaries at Olympic Stadium, far off her personal best and Philippine record of 23.01 seconds. </p><p>Only the top 3 finishers in each of the 7 heats and the next 3 fastest times advanced to the semifinals later in the day. </p><p>Knott qualified for the Olympics via universality rule.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/21/21/2020tokyoolympics-kristina-knott-profile">Filipino Olympian profile: Sprinter Kristina Knott preaches need to constantly be better</a></li></ul><p>Meanwhile, defending champion Elaine Thompson-Herah kicked off her audacious bid for an unprecedented Olympic women&#x27;s sprint &quot;double-double&quot; by advancing to the 200m semi-finals on Monday. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/22/21/knott-relaxed-focused-ahead-of-maiden-olympics-stint">Knott relaxed, focused ahead of maiden Olympics stint</a></li></ul><p>Thompson-Herah, who outgunned teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to seal back-to-back 100m golds on Saturday, finished third in her 200m heat which was won by Canadian Emmanuel Crystal in 22.74sec.</p><p>Fraser-Pryce also progressed, but 100m bronze medallist Shericka Jackson, also of Jamaica, failed to make it through after inexplicably slowing with 40 metres to run.</p><p>Christine Nboma of Namibia clocked the fastest time, 22.11sec, to finish her heat ahead of red-hot US favourite Gabby Thomas, who was reveling in her Olympic experience.</p><p>Another athlete missing from the field was Belarusian Kristina Timanovskaya.</p><p>She said Sunday she was &quot;safe&quot; and under police protection in Japan after claiming her country had forced her to leave the Tokyo Olympics.</p><p>The 24-year-old said team officials had tried to remove her from Japan after she criticized Belarus&#x27;s athletics federation for entering her into a relay race in Tokyo without giving her notice. <strong>— With an Agence France-Presse report </strong></p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/23/21/kristina-knott-kiyomi-watanabe-book-spots-for-tokyo-olympics">Kristina Knott, Kiyomi Watanabe book spots for Tokyo Olympics</a></li></ul><div><em>For breaking news and latest developments on the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, visit <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/tokyo-olympics">https://news.abs-cbn.com/tokyo-olympics</a></em></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1735199" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Knott, the reigning Southeast Asian Games champion, clocked 23.80 seconds in the preliminaries at Olympic Stadium, far off her personal best and Philippine record of 23.01 seconds. <br /> </p>

Knott, the reigning Southeast Asian Games champion, clocked 23.80 seconds in the preliminaries at Olympic Stadium, far off her personal best and Philippine record of 23.01 seconds.