Incredible scenario at the world athletics! Earlier on Saturday evening, Anne Zagre failed to qualify for the 100m hurdles semi-finals. Placed in the sixth lane of the first series, the Belgian athlete finished in 4th place in 13.25 seconds. A series in which Nia Ali, the reigning world champion, fell following touching the penultimate hurdle. In falling, the American slightly hampered Zagré. An event that prompted the Belgian athletics federation to file a complaint. And she did well! Indeed, the Belgian has received authorization to use… only her series. Zagré will have to run in less than 13.11 seconds if she wants to reach the semi-finals.
Previously, it’s the Jamaican Britany Anderson who had taken advantage of this fall to win the first series in 12.59 seconds ahead of the Canadian Michelle Harrison (12.95) and the Danish Mette Graversgaard (13.04).
With his time of 13.25, Zagré had signed the 31st time of the entries: insufficient to continue the adventure. But the situation has now changed and the Belgian will be able to use her series alone at 1:55 a.m.
