Vietnamese runner Truong Thanh Hang failed to reach to the 2012 London Olympics as she was not qualified in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu, Korea on September 1.


From the left: Vietnam’s Truong Thanh Hang, US athlete Alice Schmidt, South Africa’s
 Caster Semenya, India’s Tintu Luka and Britain’s Emma Jackson compete
 in their women’s 800 meters at the International Association of Athletics Federations
World Championships in Daegu on September 1, 2011.
In the women’s 800-meter race, Hang was in heat 4 together with Mariya Savinova of Russia, Caster Semenya of South Africa, Kenya’s Cherono Koech US runner Alice Schmidt, Britain’s Emma Jackson and Tintu Luka of India.  

The Vietnamese finished the heat as the last with 2:03:52, unqualified for the Olympics. Meanwhile, Luka ranked fifth with 2:01.89 to earn Olympics berth. The first four also went through.

The World Championships in Daegu, Korea have four heats in the women’s 800-meter competition. The first four of each heat plus the four with fastest times of all were qualified.

Result of Women’s 800 m, heat 4

Mariya Savinova (Russia) 2:01.01
Caster Semenya (South Africa) 2:01.01  
Cherono Koech (Kenya) 2:01.03
Alice Schmidt (US) 2:01.11
Emma Jackson (UK) 2:01.17
Tintu Luka (India) 2:01.89
Truong Thanh Hang (Vietnam) 2:03:52

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