{"id":110745,"date":"2021-08-03T02:43:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=110745"},"modified":"2021-08-03T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T03:00:00","slug":"absolutely-brutal-moment-wrecks-aussies-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=110745","title":{"rendered":"'Absolutely brutal' moment wrecks Aussie's Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia's Jye Edwards has narrowly missed out on a spot in the 1500m semi-final at the Tokyo Olympics<\/a> following what he described as a "messy race".<\/p>\n

Edwards was interrupted during the final lap and forced to dodge Poland's Marcin Lewandowski, who fell with just under 400-metres remaining during the second qualifying heat.<\/p>\n

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Lewandowski had attempted to push out before tripping over and holding up Edwards, which momentarily slowed the Aussie's pace.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old Australian finished seventh with a time of 3:42.62.<\/p>\n

\"Jye<\/p>\n

"Absolutely brutal," Edwards said after the race. "I had a good preparation leading in but unfortunately I couldn't get it done."<\/p>\n

"It's quite frustrating… It was a messy race. That's the Olympics, it's cutthroat.<\/p>\n

"I thought I was in a pretty good spot early, then everyone came around, kind of got swamped a bit, probably didn't hold my position well enough in the end.<\/p>\n

"I gave it everything."<\/p>\n

Fellow Aussies Ollie Hoare and Stewart McSweyn qualified for the semi-final during with strong performances in their heats.<\/p>\n

Hoare finished with a time of 3:36.09 during the first heat, while McSweyn finished third in his heat with a time of 3:36.39.<\/p>\n

Both are considered strong chances of securing a berth in the final.<\/p>\n

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