Jonathan Gault wrote:
Isaac Makwala is a DNS in the 200. The path to gold for van Niekerk just keeps getting easier.
Easier in the 200, but that means Makwala will be fresher in the 400. So it got harder in the 400.
Let's be honest, it's a smart move by Makwala as he is better at 400 than 200.
POS BIB ATHLETE MARK DETAIL REACTION TIME
1 1074 Yohan BLAKE JAM 20.39 Q 0.167
2 1118 Abdul Hakim SANI BROWN JPN 20.52 Q 0.221
3 1299 Alex WILSON SUI 20.54 Q 0.134
4 1370 Serhiy SMELYK UKR 20.58 0.157 m
5 673 Teray SMITH BAH 20.77 0.133
6 793 Bernardo BALOYES COL 20.86 0.160
7 1225 Mohamed ALSADI OMA 21.50 0.184
Heat 2
1 1329 Jereem RICHARDS TTO 20.05 Q 0.132
2 1414 Kyree KING USA 20.41 Q 0.150
3 1081 Rasheed DWYER JAM 20.49 Q 0.169
4 1213 Jonathan QUARCOO NOR 20.60 0.149
5 930 Jeffrey JOHN FRA 20.66 0.183
6 1144 Mark Otieno ODHIAMBO KEN 20.74 0.148
7 1319 Ifeanyi OTUONYE TKS 21.91 0.300
Heat 3
1 1282 Wayde VAN NIEKERK RSA 20.16 .158 Q 0.192
2 980 Daniel TALBOT GBR 20.16 .159 Q PB 0.157
3 1302 Ján VOLKO SVK 20.52 Q 0.170
4 1227 Alonso EDWARD PAN 20.61 SB 0.183
5 1313 Sibusiso MATSENJWA SWZ 20.67 0.185
6 717 Aldemir DA SILVA JUNIOR BRA 20.82 0.154
7 681 Burkheart ELLIS JR BAR 20.99 0.152
Heat 4
1 1346 Ramil GULIYEV TUR 20.16 Q 0.153
2 1443 Ameer WEBB USA 20.22 Q 0.155
3 935 Christophe LEMAITRE FRA 20.40 Q 0.147
4 789 Wilfried KOFFI HUA CIV 20.49 q 0.184
5 1260 David LIMA POR 20.54 q 0.153
6 740 Salem Eid YAQOOB BRN 20.84 0.223
7 792 Kabongo MULUMBA COD 23.57 SB 0.148
1452 Paul NALAU VAN DQ 0.188
Heat 5
1 1457 Sydney SIAME ZAM 20.29 Q NR 0.147
2 1326 Kyle GREAUX TTO 20.48 Q 0.168
3 1067 Filippo TORTU ITA 20.59 Q 0.169
4 1100 Warren WEIR JAM 20.60 0.228
5 946 Adama JAMMEH GAM 20.79 0.159
6 1285 Jeremy DODSON SAM 20.81 0.153
708 Isaac MAKWALA BOT DNS
Heat 6
1 1449 Isiah YOUNG USA 20.19 Q 0.165
2 1281 Akani SIMBINE RSA 20.26 Q 0.168
3 1024 Likoúrgos-Stéfanos TSÃKONAS GRE 20.37 Q 0.160
4 962 Zharnel HUGHES GBR 20.43 q 0.136
5 1297 Ahmed ALI SUD 20.64 0.202
6 1221 Joseph MILLAR NZL 20.97 0.139
7 1320 Fabrice DABLA TOG 21.40 0.193
Heat 7
1 752 Aaron BROWN CAN 20.08 .074 Q SB 0.159
2 969 Nethaneel MITCHELL-BLAKE GBR 20.08 .075 Q 0.178
3 1278 Clarence MUNYAI RSA 20.19 Q 0.148
4 1107 Shota IIZUKA JPN 20.58 0.152
5 1032 Winston GEORGE GUY 20.61 0.240
6 741 Muhd Noor Firdaus AR-RASYID BRU 22.36 0.155
1190 Julius MORRIS MNT
The BBC is reporting that Makwala is ill with food poisoning and will provide a medical certificate. Do they really make you provide a medical certificate? I didn't think they had an honest effort rule.