Xavi Mo-Ajok Reached the Semi-Finals of the 200 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Wednesday. Marije van Hunenstijn was Eliminated in the Heats in the Women’s Event.
The 23-year-old Mo-Ajok Finished Second in His Heat, which was Enough to Advance. The South Hollander Clocked 20.35. The Semi-Finals of the 200 meters are Scheduled for Thursday. The final is on Friday.
With the elimination of van Hunenstijn, there is no longer a Dutch asset in the 200 meters for women. The thirty-year-old Sprinter from Apeldoorn Finished Sixth in the Sixth and Final Heat in A Time of 23.13, Well Above Her Personal Best of 22.86. That was not good enough for a place in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Van Hunenstijn is Likely to Compete in the 4×100 meters later in This World Cup. Together with Nadine Visser, Lieke Klaver and Minke Bisschops, She Ran a Dutch Record of 42.02 at the European Athletics Championships for National Teams in Madrid in June.