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Otukile
Lekote gets ready for the first 800m semi-final.
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Texas
Tech sophomore Jonathan Johnson.
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Arkansas
junior Robbie Stevens.
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Georgetown
junior Jesse O'Connell.
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Georgetown
junior Ali Najjar.
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L-R:
Najjar, Lekote and Kentucky junior Paul Ciurlys.
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O'Connell
at the start.
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Lekote
leads Johnson on lap one.
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Lekote
had looked vulnerable in the first round, finishing
fifth in his heat...
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...and
advancing on time. The fact that the pack was so close
to him on the first lap...
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...seemed
to mean that either he had changed strategies or he
was in trouble.
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R-L:
Johnson, Aldwyn Sappleton, Stevens, Moise Joseph and
O'Connell.
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Joseph
and O'Connell lead Ciurlys.
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Ciurlys
would finish eighth in 1:50.46 and fail to advance.
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Johnson
(1:47.05), Joseph (1:47.15) and Stevens (1:47.34)
grabbed the automatic qualifying spots...
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...while
Sappleton (1:47.57) and O'Connell (1:47.73) advanced
on time.
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Lekote
finished sixth in 1:48.09 and did not advance.
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Jesse
O'Connell grabbed the last time qualifier.
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The
two-time defending champion did not advance to the
final.
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Jean
Balan of Kentucky gets ready for the second 800m semi-final.
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