 Motanga placed in front of Isménia do Frederico of Cape Verde (12.99 seconds) but behind Canada's Martha Adusei (11.82 seconds) in a heat led by Savatheda Fynes from the Bahamas (11.18 seconds).She finished 75th out of 84 runners, and was unable to progress into the second round after finishing 1.54 seconds slower than the slowest participant who advance to the later rounds.After her heat ended, Motanga stated that while she would have preferred to have clinched the victory, she had to be realistic and was now able to compare her time with the remainder of the world.