World Athletics Championships: Johnson-Thompson goes for gold – live!

The heptathletes are preparing for the javelin throw now. Thiam’s personal best is a monster 59.32 with a season best of 47.25. Javelin is historically one of KJT’s worst events, but she threw a respectable personal best of 42.92 this year.

Going into the pole vault, one of his best events, Kevin Mayer lead with 6310 points to Damian Warner’s 6254. 7 events down. All of that suffering for nothing. Brutal.

A tough, tough decathlon for defending champion and world record holder Kevin Mayer.

Chris Parker, via email, on the big battle for Heptathlon gold: “KJT can make up 100 points, maybe 130 on a good day in the 800m, so a 20/30 point lead from the long jump could be crucial. The javelin has typically been her problem, but yesterday’s shot put was a great sign of her improvement, hopefully she can do something similar in the javelin.”

Katarina Johnson-Thompson goes for broke on the final jump and records a foul. But the damage has been done and they will head to the penultimate event with Johnson-Thompson holding a lead of 216 points.

With her final jump, Thiam records an improved score of 6.40 metres, but it’s not enough. For the first time in the contest she is shaking her head. Johnson-Thompson has a pressure-free opportunity to see if she can extend her lead before the javelin.

As things currently stand, Johnson-Thompson has moved up to 5233 points compared to Thiam’s haul of 5001. The Belgian’s final jump will likely have a huge impact on how this battle pans out.

A slight improvement for Thiam, who records a jump of 6.35m. Just three centimetres further. Will either heptathlete make their mark in this event?

Katarina Johnson-Thompson jumps 6.32 in the first round. She slightly extends her lead on Thiam, but the pair are in the same position and can do better. For reference, Thiam’s 2019 best is 6.86 and Johnson-Thompson’s is 6.85.

Nafi Thiam’s first jump is 6.25m. She currently sits second behind her teammate Hanne Maudens’ effort of 6.41, but she will need much more than that.

Hello! Welcome to day 7 of our World Athletics Championships coverage. Today marks the second day of the mixed events as Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson looks to continue her great form after finishing day one 96 points ahead of Nafi Thiam.

We will begin with the all important long jump, where ample points are on offer and both women are incredibly strong. Later on in the day, the heptathletes will take to the javelin throw and Thiam may look to stamp her authority on the competition. Finally, they will end with a brutal 800 metres to decide the world champion.

Meanwhile, Kevin Mayer will continue his attempts to hold off all challengers after finishing day one in third place. After the 110 metres hurdles earlier today and the ongoing discus throw, the decathletes will head to pole vault and javelin throw in the field events. A harrowing 1500 metres awaits at the end.