Personal best followed by elimination for UAE鈥檚 Mohamed Al-Hammadi in Men鈥檚 100m at Tokyo 2020

Sprinter Mohamed Hassan Al-Noobi Al-Hammadi became the last member of the UAE鈥檚 five-athlete delegation to depart Tokyo 2020. (Twitter: @UAENOC)
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  • The 29-year-old Emirati sprinter finished third in Saturday morning鈥檚 preliminary heats but faced a tough field in the afternoon鈥檚 Round 1

Sprinter Mohamed Hassan Al-Noobi Al-Hammadi became the last member of the UAE鈥檚 five-athlete delegation to depart Tokyo 2020 when he failed to progress from Saturday afternoon鈥檚 Men鈥檚 100m Round 1 鈥� Heat 5 in the Olympic Stadium.

Earlier in the day, the 29-year-old Emirati had posted a personal best time of 10.59 seconds, finishing third in the Preliminary Round 鈥� Heat 2 behind Barakat Al-Harthi of Oman and Emanuel Archibald of Guyana.

Racing against a much tougher field in the second race of the day, Al-Hammadi managed a time of 10.64, 0.63 seconds behind the third of the qualifiers, Ferdinand Omurwa of Kenya.