UPDATE: Adaejah T. Hodge exits in 200m Semi-finals @ Paris Olympics
![[British] Virgin Islands teenage sprint phenom Adaejah T. Hodge made her Olympic debut this morning, August 4, 2024, competing in the First Round of the Women’s 200m. Photo: results.nbcolympics.com](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/800x_h_Hodge_200m_run.jpg)
Hodge, who became the first Virgin Islander to reach an Olympic Games 200m semi-final earlier today when she finished as one of the fastest Non-Automatic Qualifiers in the Repechage Round, ran her best time at the Olympics but it was not enough to get her into the final.
The teenage sprint phenom clocked 22.70 running out of Lane 2 to finish 8th.
It also placed her 17th out of the 24 semi-finalists.
The race was won by 100m Olympic Gold Medalist Julien Alfred, 23, of St Lucia in a blistering 21.98.
Hodge, who has a Personal Best time of 22.33 (World U20 Record) in the 200M, ran 23.00 seconds in her First Round Heat Race and then clocked 22.94 in the Repechage Round.
See previous article published August 4, 2024
Adaejah T. Hodge 5th in Heat 6 of Women's 200m in Paris
- gets another shot for semi-final qualification in Repechage Round on Monday
[British] Virgin Islands teenage sprint phenom Adaejah T. Hodge made her Olympic debut this morning, August 4, 2024, competing in the First Round of the Women’s 200m.
Hodge, the youngest athlete in the event, finished 5th in a time of 23.00 seconds.
The Heat was won by Favour Ofili of Nigeria in 22.24. Second was Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain in 22.28 while third was Gina Bass of Gambia in 22.84.
The time by Hodge placed her 22nd overall and the third fastest non-automatic qualifier.
The 18-year-old Hodge, who has a Personal Best of 22:33 in the 200m, will get another chance for qualification to the Semi-finals when she competes in the Repechage Round on Monday, August 5.
Repechage Round
A repechage is a term from rowing and wrestling that allows athletes who have been knocked out in the early rounds to have a second chance at qualifying for matches later on.
In every first-round heat, a certain number of athletes will secure their progress by finishing in the automatic qualifying positions, but for those who do not finish, there will be a second chance to reach the semi-finals with a repechage heats.
This new system will replace the former when athletes would go through with the fastest times.
Ultimately, it means that each of the included events will have four rounds, a first round, a repechage round, semi-finals and the final, whereas previously they had contained three.
Every athlete will therefore run in at least two races at the Olympic Games in Paris.
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22 Responses to “UPDATE: Adaejah T. Hodge exits in 200m Semi-finals @ Paris Olympics”
All the athletes did well. I cannot wait to see the great things that they will achieve in the future!
Congrats to all the athletes that represented and are representing the BVI in the 2024 Olympics, Kyron McMaster, Thad Lettsome, Rikkoi Brathwaite and Adaejah Hodge. You all are paving the way for your greatness and inspiring others to emulate you. Well done!
She is the BEST the BVI ever seen at such a young age.