Temple student Ajee’ Wilson failed to qualify for the women’s 800-meter Olympic finals after finishing third in her semifinal heat on Thursday night in Rio de Janeiro.
In order to advance to Saturday’s finals, the 22-year-old runner needed to finish among the top two runners in her heat or have one of the two fastest times among the non-automatic qualifiers.
Kenya’s Margaret Nyairera Wambui (1:59.21) and Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba (1:59.59) finished ahead of Wilson (1:59.75) in Thursday’s first heat to take the top two qualifying spots.
Wilson’s time was her slowest in almost a year. She qualified for the Olympics by running a 1:59.