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- Djamel Sedjati, Slimane Moula both won semifinal heats to line up for Saturday鈥檚 final
Algeria鈥檚 Djamel Sedjati and Slimane Moula have qualified for the final of the men鈥檚 800-meter race at the 2022 World Athletics Championships taking place in the US on Saturday.
The two runners will line up in a field of eight at Saturday鈥檚 final after both finished first in their heats at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on Thursday.
Sedjati crossed the line first in heat 2 with a time of one minute, 45.44 seconds. France鈥檚 Gabriel Tual and Great Britain鈥檚 Daniel Rowden finished second and third, respectively. Meanwhile, Moula won the third semifinal heat with a time of 1:44.89, with Canada鈥檚 Marco Arop and Kenya鈥檚 Emmanuel Wanyonyi in second and third, respectively.
Six Arab runners had qualified for the semifinals of the 800m competition.
Sedjati and Moula had been joined by Morocco鈥檚 Moad Zahafi, Elhassane Moujahid and Abdelati El-Guesse, as well as Tunisia鈥檚 Abdessalem Ayouni, after all successfully completed their preliminary heats.
Zahafi had come first in Heat 3, Sedjati in Heat 4, and Moula in Heat 6, while Moujahid came second in Heat 1. Both Ayouni and El-Guesse came third in the 4th and 6th heats, respectively.