PH bet Jasmine Alkhaldi fails to advance to semis of 100m freestyle

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MANILA, Philippines—Filipino bet Jasmine Alkhaldi just wasn’t fast enough to qualify for the semifinals round of the 100-meter freestyle event on Wednesday (Philippine time) in the London 2012 Olympics.

The 19-year-old Alkhaldi, who clocked in at 57.13 seconds in 100m freestyle, wound up fifth in her heat but only 34th in a field of 48 swimmers from across the world.

Tang Yi of China topped the round with the fastest time of 53.28 ticks.

Jessie Khing Lacuna, the Philippines’ other bet in swimming, also bowed out Monday in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:52:91.