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| Lauren Hoffman struggled anew in the women's 400-meter hurdle repechage. |
MANILA--Lauren Hoffman's bid to join the fray of an already historic Philippine campaign in the Paris Olympics ended bitterly on Monday after she once again finished last in her repechage heat on Monday at the Stade De France.
Hoffman clocked in at 58.28 seconds, way behind a pack of six runners who were just at most 0.6 seconds apart from each other.
Shana Grebo of France gave her hometown crowd something to cheer for as she won the heat at a time of 54.91 seconds, while Anna Ryzhykova finished second at 54.95 to seal the last two berths in the semifinals.
Philippine athletics' hope to land a Paris Olympics medal now lies on EJ Obiena, who will compete later in the night (early Tuesday, Philippine Time) in the men's pole vault finals, and John Tolentino, who will play in the repechage of the 110-meter hurdles on Tuesday.
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