Finishing In Distended Position In The First Round Of The Tokyo Olympics, Sprinter Alvin Tehupeiory's Struggle Ends

Alvin Tehupeiory (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Alvin Tehupeiory has finished the first round of the women's 100 meters by finishing last or eighth with a time of 11.92 seconds at the Olympic Stadium, Friday.

Joined in the second heat, the female sprinter from Maluku was unable to do much to compete with world athletes such as Elaine Thompson-Herah from Jamaica who recorded the fastest time with 10.82 seconds.

The second position was won by Swiss representative Mujinga Kambunjdi with a time of 10.95 seconds. While in third place was German sprinter Tatjana Pinto with 11.16 seconds. That way, they are entitled to advance to the semifinals.

Meanwhile, Alvin's struggle at the Tokyo Olympics is over. Referring to the record time, Alvin's score in the first round was not better when competing in the qualifying round, this morning.

At that time, he made his Olympic debut with a time of 11.89 seconds. This result also put Alvin in third position, thus qualifying for the main round along with representatives of Antigua and Barbuda Joella Lloyd and sprinter from Malawi Asimeny Simwaka.

In addition, Alvin has also not succeeded in fulfilling his ambition of breaking the national record of 10.56 seconds which has been held for 22 years by Irene Truitje Joseph.

Thus, Alvin's personal best still stands at 11.64 seconds when he competed in the 2019 National Championship.

The results of the first half of the women's 100 meters heat 2

1. Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) 10.82 seconds2. Mujinga Kambunjdi (Switzerland) 10.95 seconds3. Tatjana Pinto (Germany) 11.16 seconds4. Khamica Bingham (Canada) 11.21 seconds5. Risangela Santos (Brazil) 11.33 seconds6. Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad and Tobago) 11.48 seconds7. Vittoria Fontana (Italy) 11.53 seconds8. Alvin Tehupeiory (Indonesia) 11.92 seconds