Luka fails to qualify for 800m final in Olympics

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 01:26

Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3Luka fails to qualify for 800m final in OlympicsLuka fails to qualify for 800m final in Olympics  .   Share  .  Email  .  Print  .  A+A-London, Aug 9 (PTI) India's middle-distance runner Tintu Luka produced her season best timing of 1:59.69secs in the women's 800m semifinals but that was hardly enough to give her berth in the final of the event in the London Olympics here today. The 23-year-old Luka did reasonably well compared to some other Indian athletes, who have been terribly disappointing, but the Kerala girl lacked firepower to beat some of the best athletes of the world. Luka initially tried to match her fancied opponents and maintained fourth position but gradually lagged behind to eventually finish sixth in the second semi-final. The Indian did not have enough stamina to go all out in the home stretch unlike some of the others, who put in a lot of effort. Luka improved upon her season best timing of 2.01.09s but it was well behind her personal best timing of 1:59.17s. She had qualified for the women's semifinals yesterday after finishing third in heat two, clocking 2:01.75s. South Africa's Caster Semenya qualified for the final from heat number two with a season best effort of 1:57.67secs along with Russia's Elena Arzhakova (1:58.13s). The top two in each of the three heats and the two fastest losers advance to the finals. document.write(page_mob_footer); function postquote(keysearch) { len = keysearch.companyname.value.length; if(len 10) { tempvar=companyname; flag1="true"; break; } else { j=i+1; result= companyname.charAt(i); preval=companyname.charAt(j); if(result==" " || preval==" " || result=="." || preval=="." || len=0; i--) revstr+=str.charAt(i) return revstr; } function tabs_news_rhs(a) { if(a==1) { document.getElementById("news_mp").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("news_ep").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("rhs_tab_1").className = "act"; document.getElementById("rhs_tab_2").className = ""; } else { document.getElementById("news_mp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("news_ep").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("rhs_tab_1").className = ""; document.getElementById("rhs_tab_2").className = "act"; } }

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Luka crashes out of London Olympics

Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 00:56

Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3Luka crashes out of London OlympicsLuka crashes out of London Olympics  .   Share  .  Email  .  Print  .  A+A-London, Aug 9 (PTI) India's Tintu Luka produced her season's best timing but still finished sixth in the second heat of the women's 800m semifinals to crash out of the London Olympics here today. The 23-year-old Luka clocked 1:59.69secs to finish sixth in heat number two, from which Caster Semenya (1:57.67) of South Africa and Russia's Elena Arzhakova (1:58.13) qualified to the finals. The top two in each of the three heats and the two fastest losers advance to the finals. Luka was 0.52 seconds off her personal best but it was a vast improvement than her show in the first round heats yesterday. She had qualified for the women's semifinals after finishing third in heat two, clocking 2:01.75s. Luka, who started at lane number two, was running third for a brief time in the first lap but soon fall back at fourth and eventually finished ahead of Romanian Lavric Elena Mirela (2:00.46) and Greneda Bernard-Thomas Neisha (2:00.68). The Kerala girl, coached by legendary P T Usha, had to slice a few seconds from today's effort to salvage any hope of qualifying for the final round. She has a personal best of 1:59.17s. document.write(page_mob_footer); function postquote(keysearch) { len = keysearch.companyname.value.length; if(len 10) { tempvar=companyname; flag1="true"; break; } else { j=i+1; result= companyname.charAt(i); preval=companyname.charAt(j); if(result==" " || preval==" " || result=="." || preval=="." || len=0; i--) revstr+=str.charAt(i) return revstr; } function tabs_news_rhs(a) { if(a==1) { document.getElementById("news_mp").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("news_ep").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("rhs_tab_1").className = "act"; document.getElementById("rhs_tab_2").className = ""; } else { document.getElementById("news_mp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("news_ep").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("rhs_tab_1").className = ""; document.getElementById("rhs_tab_2").className = "act"; } }

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