The race jury watched replays of the incident and quickly added Italy’s Elena Bello to the field for the semi-finals after determining that she had been the rider most affected by the incident.
After further deliberation, Bisset was also promoted to the semi-finals by the jury, just as Australian officials were poised to file an appeal.
Peter Bol (centre) was third in his 800 semi-final and had to wait to find out if he qualified for the final. Credit: Getty Images
Fellow Australians Tess Kirsopp-Cole and 17-year-old Claudia Hollingsworth were knocked out in the opening round.
Bol went straight from the arena to the warm-up track to cool off, assuming he had been eliminated after finishing third behind Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir and compatriot Wyclife Kinyamal, having been in the first two positions up to 30 meters from the line. .
Then came the unlikely news that his time had risen by nine hundredths of a second as the slowest non-automatic qualifier.
“I thought it was all over,” he admitted. “I’m lucky to be in the final again; that’s two years in a row.
“I think if you look at this list there are only three of us from last year’s final in Tokyo.
“The 800 is tricky — you never know who’s going to make it. Everyone’s fit, it’s whoever has the best kick of the day.”
Australia’s Ky Robinson raced bravely to the front during the first leg of the men’s 5,000m before sinking in the closing stages to finish eighth in 13:27.03. Matthew Ramsden was also sent off.
Cameron McEntyre (77.50m) and Cruz Hogan (73.03m) retired in the javelin qualifying.
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson celebrates after her brilliant victory in the women’s 200m. Credit: Getty Images
Meanwhile, Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson ran the second-fastest women’s 200m time in winning gold.
Jackson clocked 21.45 seconds to destroy a top-quality field.
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The only fastest time ever recorded was 21.34 by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Fellow Jamaican and world 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was second in 21.81 and Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith took bronze in 22.02.
Not to be outdone, Noah Lyles took a hundredth of a second off the legendary Michael Johnson’s American record to win the men’s half lap title in 19.31.
Johnson’s national mark of 19.32 had stood since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was the world record until Usain Bolt usurped it 12 years later.
The United States swept the medals in Eugene. Kenny Bednarek was second in 19.77 and teenager Erriyon Knighton pocketed the bronze in 19.80.
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