World Athletics medal table – and what’s on Thursday?

World Athletics medal table – and what’s on Thursday?

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The Tokyo World Athletics Championships will conclude on Thursday.

Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter-Bell, both competing for the medal in the women’s 800m, will soon begin their campaigns.

In the men’s and women’s 400 meters, the men’s javelin, the women’s triple jump, and the men’s and women’s 400 meters, medals are on the line.

There are plenty of British track names to watch out for.

In the women’s 200m semi-finals, Daryll Neita, Amy Hunt, and Dina Asher-Smith compete against each other, and Jemma Reekie is a third British competitor in the 800m.

Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Hannah Nuttall, and Innes FitzGerald will compete in the women’s 5, 000m heats, while Ben Pattison and Max Burgin will compete in the men’s 800m semi-finals.

Tokyo medal collection

World Athletics Championships medal table - 1. USA, 2. Kenya, 3. Canada, 4. New Zealand, 5. JamaicaBBC Sport

Schedule for Thursday

All times BST

11: 05 – Women’s 5, 000m heats

Women’s high jump qualification at 11:15

11: 23 – Men’s javelin final

11: 55 – Women’s 800m heats

Women’s triple jump final 12:55

13: 02 – Men’s 200m semi-finals

13: 24 – Women’s 200m semi-finals

13: 45 – Men’s 800m semi-finals

14: 10 – Men’s 400m final

BBC coverage of medal-events

4 women’s pole vault, men’s long jump, men’s 3000m steeplechase, and men’s 1500m all won gold medals.

10: 30-14: 00- live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and online

14:00-14:45 live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online

Highlights from BBC iPlayer, Red Button, and online at 17:00 to 17:30

related subjects

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Source: BBC

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