Kenya’s quest to retain David Rudisha’s gold medal in the 800 metres received a major boost on Sunday after two athletes qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games final.
Emmanuel Korir and Ferguson Rotich will line up in the final and will be charged with the responsibility of bringing the gold home.
While Rotich won Heat 3 in 1:44.04, Korir had to dig deep at the home straight to get the automatic slot in Heat 1.
Korir, who was earlier on Saturday red-carded for a false start in the 400m race, made ammends by finishing second in Heat 1 of the semi-finals behind Patryk Dobek of Poland.
Korir clocked 1:44.74 while race winner Dobek timed 1:44.60.
Kenya’s other representative Michael Saruni finished a disappointing sixth in 1:44:54 in Heat 2 that was won by Australian Peter Bol (1:44.11). BY DAILY NATION