Place 3rd Place, Alvin Tehupeiory Advance To Tokyo Olympics Main Round

JAKARTA - Indonesian women's sprinter Alvin Tehupeiory advanced to the main round of the women's 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics. Alvin placed third in the heat 3 competition at the Olympic Stadium, Friday, July 30.

Appearing in lane 7, Alvin shot with a time of 11.89 seconds. He was behind Joella Lloyd of Antigua and Barbuda who finished first with 11.55 seconds and Malawian sprinter Asimeny Simwaka in second with 11.76 seconds.

In accordance with the provisions of the Tokyo Olympics, all three are entitled to appear in the main round which is scheduled to take place at noon Tokyo time. In this phase, Alvin will compete in the second heat along with Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah and Trinidad & Tobago sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste who have the best time of under 11 seconds.

"In the next round, I will try my best again and will try to improve my personal record. If God allows, I will try to break Kak Irene's (Truitje Joseph) national record," said Alvin as released by NOC Indonesia.

The name Alvin was actually not the first choice when Indonesia got additional tickets through the universality place route. The silver medal winner in the 100 meters against the 2018 Asian Games, Emilia Nova, is the main candidate. But because of an injury, PB PASI also transferred this ticket to Alvin.

Initially, the national champion in the 100 meters number did not expect to be selected to compete in the Olympics. However, Alvin was able to repay the trust given by qualifying for the main round.

“I was also surprised because I knew that Emilia was also the winner of the SEA Games and Asian Games, while I just won at the national championship. Praise God, PB PASI's decision that I am trusted to participate in the Olympics, said the athlete from Ambon.