Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s faint hopes of defending her world title are over.
Sitting sixth in a single day the 29-year-old slipped to eighth within the heptathlon following the lengthy leap and javelin on the World Championships on Monday morning in Eugene.
After an injury-hit 18 months and a late change of coach she was not anticipated to retain the title she received with a British file in Doha three years in the past.
It was additionally unrealistic to anticipate a podium problem and he or she has 5,387 factors, 354 adrift of the medal locations, and 658 behind chief Anouk Vetter with simply the 800m left on Monday night.
After day one Johnson-Thompson mentioned she was in Eugene to battle as she regains prime health and confidence however a poor lengthy leap of 6.28m pushed her additional again to seventh after accumulating 937 factors.
A greatest effort of 39.18m within the javelin noticed the Commonwealth Games champion lose additional floor.
Earlier, Jess Piasecki got here tenth within the marathon however Charlotte Purdue and Rose Harvey failed to complete.
Piasecki mentioned: “I am happy initially to finish 12th in the world. Obviously I was higher up but in the last 7km, the wheels probably came off a little bit. But I gave it a real good go and I quite enjoyed it.
“I was running with the Americans for a lot of the race, so they got a lot of cheers. They were chanting ‘USA USA’ at one point. I wanted them to chant ‘GB’.
“It’s my second championship marathon. I’ve only ever done five marathons, four that I’ve finished, so I’m still learning. It’s still such a new event for me. My fuelling was a lot better, but it probably still needs some work because I was seeing spots in the last 5k.
“I just had to keep moving forward in the last 5k but unfortunately a couple of girls just got me in the last little bit which meant I wasn’t top 10. I could not have given any more so what else can I ask for?”
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk