Qualified 4th from SF. First-time Olympian. Finished 17th at 2018 European Ch. Placed 5th at 2019 U23 European Ch. Placed 9th at 2017 Junior European Ch. Finished 9th at 2021 Herculis Diamond League event. Placed 9th at 2019 Meeting de Paris. In 2019, he began studying mechanics and energetics at the University of Bordeaux, France.
Qualified 6th from SF. Finished 12th at 2016 OG. Silver at 2019 WCh, bronze in 2015, 27th in 2017. Finished 13th at 2018 European Ch, 4th in 2016, 6th in 2014. Bronze at 2015 Diamond League, 5th in 2016. In 2021 Diamond League events, 9th at British Grand Prix, 8th at Herculis, 6th at Stockholm Bauhaus Galan, 4th at Doha. He was flag bearer for BIH at the opening ceremony of the 2016 OG.
Qualified 7th from SF. Finished 6th at 2021 Herculis in Diamond League, 5th at 2021 Golden Spike on Continental Tour. In other events - placed 42nd in 400m hurdles at 2016 OG. Gold in 2x2x400m mixed relay at 2021 World Relays. Gold in 800m at 2021 at Indoor European Ch. In 2020, he began training for the 800m, having previously specialised in the 400m hurdles.
Qualified 8th from SF. Finished 10th at 2019, 2017 WCh. Silver at 2018 African Ch. Finished 2nd at 2021 Herculis in Diamond League. In 2018, won Diamond League events at Doha, London Grand Prix, Birmingham Grand Prix, Memorial van Damme. He divides his training between Eldoret, Kenya, and Texas, USA. Started as a 400m runner, began to run 800m after being recruited to the University of Texas.
Qualified 3rd from SF. Bronze at 2016 OG. Finished 8th at 2019 WCh, 14th in 2015. Gold at 2015 PanAm Games. Silver at 2015 NACAC Ch. Gold at 2021, 2018, 2016 NCh. Finished 3rd at 2021 Gyulai Istvan Memorial on Continental Tour. His wife Ariana MURPHY [nee WASHINGTON] (USA) competed in athletics and won gold in 4x100m relay at 2017 WCh. He has volunteered as a coach at the University of Akron.
Qualified 1st from SF. Finished 5th at 2016 OG. Bronze at 2019 WCh, 15th in 2017, 4th in 2015. Finished 5th at 2018 African Ch. Won 2016 Diamond League. In 2021 season, 1st at Stockholm Bauhaus Galan, 2nd at Doha in Diamond League, 2nd at Paavo Nurmi Games on Continental Tour. Born Simon Cheruiyot ROTICH (KEN), he changed his name to Ferguson in honour of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
Qualified 5th from SF. First-time Olympian. Finished 6th at 2019 WCh. In 2021 season, finished 4th at Stockholm Bauhaus Galan, 5th at Doha in Diamond League events. He has been crowned U23 cross-country national champion in Spain. 'Athletics is a lifestyle. It's effort, patience and companionship. You have to live athletics in order to understand it.'
Qualified 2nd from SF. Finished 42nd at 2016 OG. Finished 31st at 2019 WCh, 38th in 2017. Gold at 2021, 2019 NCh. Finished 3rd at 2021 British Grand Prix Diamond League event. Born in Sudan, he and his family fled to Egypt when he was age six to escape civil war. The family moved on to Australia about four years later and settled in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Silver at 2012 OG, 49th in 2016. Placed 5th at 2017 WCh, 17th in 2015. Gold at 2014 CWG. Gold at 2018, 2016, 2014 African Ch. Won 2015, 2014 Diamond League. Won at 2021 Herculis Diamond League event. In 2019 season, won at Herculis, Rabat, Doha Diamond League events, Nanjing World Challenge event. He plans to build a school in Botswana for disadvantaged children. 'Education is the key to life.'
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