RIO DE JANEIRO – WKU track and field senior Emmanuel Dasor turned in a 200 meter dash time of 20.65 at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as the Ghana native finished in a tie for 49th after the first round of action. Dasor finished sixth in the second heat and will not advance to Tuesday’s semifinals.
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games are the first Olympic event of Dasor's career. A Hilltopper from 2013 to the present, Dasor qualified for the Games with a personal best run of 20.49 at the Soga-Nana Memorial meet in Cape Coast, Ghana, on July 9.