Injured athlete carried off track after collapsing during 100m sprint
A South Sudanese athlete has been carried off the track on a stretcher after collapsing during the women's 100m sprint preliminary round.
Lucia Moris was unable to finish the race after she suffered an injury mid-way.
Medical staff quickly rushed to her aid as she appeared to be in severe pain, crying out for help.
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Lucia Moris of Team South Sudan falls during a heat in the women's 100m dash. AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Moris was clutching her right leg as she received treatment, but it's unclear what the nature of her injury was.
Silina Pha Aphay of Team Lao People's Democratic Republic ran to check on her after finishing the race placed sixth.
She was carried off on a stretcher.
Congo's Natacha Ngoye went won the race with a time of 11.34 seconds.
Moris is carried off the track by medical staff. Getty
In round one of the 100m dash, Australia's Bree Masters advanced to the semi-finals by finishing third in her heat with a time of 11.26.
Australian teammate Ella Connolly finished sixth in her opening-round heat in 11.29, meaning she did not earn a spot in the semi-finals.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou Smith of Ivory Coast recorded the quickest time of the first round, stopping the clock at 10.98.
Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the 100m Olympic champion at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games, progressed to the semis with a time of 10.92.
US megastar Sha'Carri Richardson, the reigning 100m world champion, advanced in 10.94.
Australia's Bree Masters after progressing to the women's 100m semi-finals. Getty
In the women's high jump, Australian pair Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson booked their spots in the final with jumps of 1.95 metres.
In the men's 1500m, Australian trio Stewart McSweyn, Oliver Hoare and Adam Spencer failed to reach the semi-finals, but the introduction of a repechage round to all events from the 200m to 1500m, including the hurdling events, means their 1500m campaigns remain alive.
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