Abdul Hakim Sani Brown withdraws from 200, still has chance for Olympic berth Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Former national 100-meter record holder Abdul Hakim Sani Brown could still qualify for the 200 despite pulling out of the event at the national championships in Osaka. | KYODO
Kyodo Jun 27, 2021
Osaka – Abdul Hakim Sani Brown withdrew from the men’s 200 meters Saturday at the national athletics championships but retains a chance to contest the event at the Tokyo Olympics.
The 22-year-old withdrew from the 200 heats at Osaka’s Yanmar Stadium because of discomfort in his left thigh, according to the Japan Association of Athletics Federations.
Sunday, 9 May 2021
Qatar’s world high jump champion Mutaz Barshim had to settle for a share of victory in Tokyo’s National Stadium in the Ready Steady Go meeting serving as a test event for the Olympic competition scheduled to take place less than three months from now.
Barshim, a two-time Olympic medallist, was one of a handful of foreign athletes taking part in an event that was closed to spectators due to local COVID-19 restrictions and doubled as a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting.
He finished as joint winner with Japan’s indoor record-holder Naoto Tobe, who cleared 2.35 metres in Karlsruhe two years ago, after a jump-off.