GB&NI's Katarina Johnson-Thompson came away with yet another World Athletics Championship medal after sharing heptathlon bronze with American Taliyah Brooks.
This followed USA's Anna Hall winning gold, with a memorable, and historic, silver medal going to Ireland's Kate O'Connor. Johnson-Thompson shared a dramatic and historic third place with Brooks after their 800m times were equal on 6,581 points overall.
Hall, who becomes America's second winner of the world heptathlon title, joins fellow-American, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, in taking gold in the seven-discipline event. As one of the world's most consistent performers, she finished with an unassailable 6,888 points.
"Ever since I came on the circuit and won my first medal, that's been something I've been trying to do," Hall (pic) said.
"Jackie and I have talked about it, and we were like, 'The USA does make great heptathletes.'" Joyner-Kersee is the only U.S. athlete to win the event at the Olympics (1988 and '92) and holds both the world record from 1988 and the record at world championships from her victory in Rome in 1987.
Competing at the stadium where she suffered Olympic heartbreak four years ago, Johnson-Thompson, 32, didn’t know how to react as she made a third consecutive major podium. But, in an interview, an emotional KJT just said: “I'm in disbelief… but I’m delighted to be able to pick up this medal.
Elsewhere, Emmanuel Wanyonyi sets a championship record to take gold for Kenya in the men's 800m as Great Britain's Max Burgin ran a personal best to finish sixth in Tokyo. Kenya also won women's 5000m gold with Beatrice Chebet, while, as if returning to the ‘bad old days’, Britain's men crashed out of the 4x100m relay, with the women failing to qualify for the 4x400m final.