Ferguson Rotich and Emmanuel Korir safely sailed through to the 800m finals at the Olympics after the semi-finals at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Korir who was in the first heat of three semi-finals finished second in 1 44. 4 behind Poland’s Patryk Dobek who clocked 1 44. 0. Rotich, the world bronze medallist clocked 1 44.04 ahead of Amel Tuka of Bosnia.