Kristina Knott rushed to medical station after crossing the 200m finish line

Kristina Knott was rushed to the medical station right after she crossed the finish line of the 200m-run event in the Tokyo Olympics earlier today.

The Filipino-American failed to barge into the semifinals round after clocking 23.80 seconds to finish last among five competitors in Heat 7.

And when all the times from the 41 runners across all the heats were collated, Knott wound up 37th, to formally bow out of contention.

But even then, it was clear that she had given it all that she could in the moment.

"She suffered heat exhaustion. Nag-stay muna after the race sa medical station sa stadium for about an hour. Rehydrated. She felt ill even before the gunstart," said Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) marketing and communications director Edward Kho.

"After crossing the finish line, she was vomiting and dazed."

Coach Roshaan Griffin offered no excuses for Knott's results, but stressed that the Olympics is simply offered different level of competition, featuring the best of the best.

"This is her first Olympic Games. She could have been battling a lot of things. It could have been the extreme heat. It could have been nerves," Griffin said.

"I'm not trying to pinpoint an excuse, or give a set of answers. It was an awful performance. It wasn't what we expected. But people need to realize this is the world stage."

Prior to the Summer Games, Knott contracted COVID-19 while in Sweden but she recovered just days before the quadrennial event was officially opened.

—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA News