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Women’s heptathlon – high jump: The second event is underway but it is still unclear whether Pawlett will be able to keep going. It has been reported that she was speaking to medics and gesturing to her head and shoulder.
Women’s 800m: Keely Hodgkinson will be excited to be back in action in today’s semi-finals.
The Olympic 800m champion has been so bored in her hotel in the 35c heat she has even taken to staging playful indoor races with her training partner, Georgia Hunter Bell. But she dusted off the cobwebs in qualifying comfortably for today’s semi-finals in 1:59.79. “I don’t like the rounds,” she said. “They feel awful. They are awful. It was not pretty or fast tonight but I am safely through.”
Women’s heptathlon – 100m hurdles: Abigail Pawlett of GB finished seventh in the final heat after clipping the final hurdle. She hit her head on the track as she fell but finished with a time of 14.70sec.
Heptathlon: Johnson-Thompson is the defending champion in Tokyo and having picked up silver at the Olympic Games in Paris, she is certainly one of the favourites. Here is how she picked up her second world championchips gold in Budapest.
Today's schedule
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10.20am BST / 6.20pm JST – women’s high jump – heptathlon
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11.30am BST / 7.20pm JST – women’s javelin throw – qualification group A
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12pm BST / 8pm JST – men’s 5000m – heats
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12.30pm BST / 8.30pm JST – women’s shot put – heptathlon
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12.43pm BST / 8.33pm JST – women’s 800m – semi-final
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12.50pm BST / 8.50pm JST – men’s triple jump – final
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1pm BST / 9pm JST – women’s javelin throw – qualification group B
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1.15pm BST / 9.15pm JST – men’s 400m hurdles – final
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1.27pm BST / 9.27pm JST – women’s 400m hurdles – final
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1.38pm BST / 9.38pm JST – women’s 200m – heptathlon
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2.06pm BST / 10.06pm JST – men’s 200m – final
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2.22pm BST / 10.22pm JST – women’s 200m – final
Preamble
Hello and welcome to day seven of the World Athletics Championships. The evening session has already begun in Tokyo with the women’s 100m hurdles and it was a strong start for Great Britain.
Jade O’Dowda won the first of three 100m hurdles heats with a 13.34sec personal best. Katarina Johnson-Thompson was in second with a season-best 13.44, the same as Ireland’s Kate O’Connor, who ran her own best time.
Season bests in fourth and fifth place for Sveva Gerevani of Italy and the triple Olympic champion Nafi Thiam of Belgium with 13.52 and 13.61 respectively.
