Mutekanga sails through to semifinals

Mar 09, 2012

JULIUS Mutekanga has qualified for the semifinals of the 800m IAAF World Indoor championships with one of the fastest times (1:49.81sec).

By Norman Katende

JULIUS Mutekanga has qualified for the semifinals of the 800m IAAF World Indoor championships with one of the fastest times (1:49.81sec).

He qualified as the third of the six qualifiers with the fastest times.

Knowing very well that it was going to be a tight race to finish among the top two in the heats, Mutekanga, who finished third, took an early lead to dictate the pace at the biennial event started in Istambul on Friday.

He was overtaken by Kenya’s Boaz Kiplagat Lalang and USA’s Michael Rutt towards the home straight, but the Ugandan achieved his target of qualification.

Uganda’s Moses Kipsiro is set to compete in the 3000m, semifinals later in the day.

 

 

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