Key events
Today’s schedule
10.20am BST / 6.20pm JST – women’s high jump – heptathlon
11.30am BST / 7.20pm JST – women’s javelin throw – qualification group A
12pm BST / 8pm JST – men’s 5000m – heats
12.30pm BST / 8.30pm JST – women’s shot put – heptathlon
12.43pm BST / 8.33pm JST – women’s 800m – semi-final
12.50pm BST / 8.50pm JST – men’s triple jump – final
1pm BST / 9pm JST – women’s javelin throw – qualification group B
1.15pm BST / 9.15pm JST – men’s 400m hurdles – final
1.27pm BST / 9.27pm JST – women’s 400m hurdles – final
1.38pm BST / 9.38pm JST – women’s 200m – heptathlon
2.06pm BST / 10.06pm JST – men’s 200m – final
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.
