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A bizarre moment played out in the opening moments of the Olympic athletics track and field program, with a marathon runner taking part in the women’s preliminary 100m sprint rounds. Distance runner Sharon Firisua ran in the pre-heat qualifying rounds for the women’s 100m sprint after her National Olympic Committee chose to pick her in the shortest athletic race with the wildcard selection they are afforded.
For reasons that are far from clear, when Firisua failed to qualify for Paris in her favoured distance and the only discretionary vacancy for the Pacific nation was in the 100m, Solomon Islands Olympic officials handed it to her rather than their leading sprinter Jovita Arunia, who has a personal best of 12.87. Arunia has reportedly threatened to quit the sport in disgust at the snub. “Notable in the w100m preliminaries at the Olympics was Sharon Firisua of the Solomon Islands who clocked 14.
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