Katarina Johnson-Thompson in hunt for third heptathlon world title but Nafi Thiam withdraws
Defense champion Qatarina Johnson -Thompson stayed only in Tokyo in the Heptatlon medal debate – but the rival Nafi Thiam was shot on Saturday.
Johnson-Thompson, who bids for the third world title, will start the last session of the competition third, 167 points behind the 59 of the American leader Anna Hall and Taliyah Brooks.
32 -year -old, Javelin (11:00 BST) and 800m events (13:11) before the third and last attempt to reach 4,874 points before the marginal leap with a much larger leap after the end of the top 6.42 million long jump on Saturday.
Kate O’Connor from Ireland falls to the fourth, 50 points of the podium locations, while the GB from the GB is sixth in Jade O’Dow.
Belgium’s Olympic champion Thiam finished the previous session in the eighth place – the coach confirmed that he would not continue later.
“I pulled it out of the contest,” Michael Van der der Plaetsen Belgium National Press Agency– external.
Thiam, who divided the last four world gold with Johnson-Thompson, accumulated a corrupted championship in the championships due to disagreement with Belgian athletics.
The 31 -year -old Federation refused to sign the rules of behavior regarding a sponsorship conflict, rejected the allegations that it prevented from joining the team camp before the championships.
Thiam told Belgium newspaper before he was withdrawn DH LES SPORTS+– external: “It was difficult from the beginning. I tried to fight, to go through these difficulties, but it doesn’t clearly follow it.
“Frankly, my body is not happy. I don’t want to do something stupid, because I think it would be for the principle to finish now.”
