Winnipegger Nicole Sifuentes will run in the women’s 1500m semifinal race for the second straight Summer Olympics.
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The 30-year-old advanced out of the preliminaries on Friday at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a time of 4:07.43. She finished 7th in her heat and 12th overall. The top six racers in each of the three heats along with the next six fastest qualified for the semifinals.
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Sifuentes reached the 1500m semifinals while making her Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games but failed to advance to the medal race.
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She won silver in the same event at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.
The semifinals are scheduled for Sunday.