The incredible comeback drama took place twice in the track and field events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Shipan Hassan (Netherlands) took first place in the women's 1,500m preliminary round 2 match held at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on the morning of the 2nd, with a record of 4:05.17.
Hassan was born in Ethiopia in 1993 and settled in the Netherlands in 2008 after living as a refugee.
1st place in the preliminary round was a natural result in a way, but looking at the content of the match, it was not.
Hassan collided with Kenya's Edina Swetok as she approached the final lap and fell and was quickly pushed back to the bottom.
It seemed difficult to pass the qualifier because of the gap of more than 20m from the lead, but he got up and started running again, and eventually came in first place 0.11 seconds ahead of the second place runner and won the semifinal ticket.
Hasan, who is aiming for the 1,500m, 5,000m, and 10,000m championships in this competition, held an amazing race at the end of the day and showed the appearance of a candidate for the championship.
Conversely, there were also players who thought they had won and then slowed down and were eliminated.
Jamaica's Celica Jackson competed in Group 5 of the women's 200m qualifier on that day.
Jackson is the women's 100m bronze medalist this year.
He, who was likely to pass the 200m preliminaries, seemed to reach the semifinals with ease by running in 2nd place near the finish line that day.
But he was too relaxed this time, and crossed the finish line almost like his last-minute spurts.
As a result of the reading, Dalia Cadari (Italy), who came in third, took 23.251 seconds and Jackson 23.255 seconds to pass the qualifiers to Cadari.
By only 0.004 seconds, the chances of passing the preliminaries and being eliminated were mixed.
BBC commentator Steve Kram pointed out, "The last thing I came in for a jog was this."
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