Olympics-Athletics-Women's 100m prelim heats kick off Tokyo track and field


Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 100m - Preliminary Round - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Joella Lloyd of Antigua and Barbuda, Asimenye Simwaka of Malawi, Alvin Tehupeiory of Indonesia, Carla Scicluna of Malta, Hanna Barakat of the Palestinian Territories, Mazoon Khalfa Al Alawi of Oman, Aissata Denn Conte of Guinea, Matie Stanley of Tuvalu and Houleye Ba of Mauritania in action REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

TOKYO (Reuters) - The women's 100 metres preliminary heats kicked-off the track and field portion of the Tokyo Games on Friday at a spectator-less Olympic Stadium.

With cloud cover offering athletes some respite from the stifling heat, Congo's Natacha Akamabi Ngoye qualified the fastest for the next round with her season's best time of 11.47 seconds.

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