Overview

• Hall scored 6,888 points after winning the 800m to cap a wire-to-wire performance.
• Ireland’s Kate O’Connor set a national record with 6,714, logging five personal bests including a 53.06m javelin.
• Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson and the USA’s Taliyah Brooks tied on 6,581 to share bronze after the 800m.
• Olympic champion Nafi Thiam withdrew after the long jump, reshaping the medal battle.
• Elsewhere in Tokyo, Ecuador’s Juleisy Angulo won the women’s javelin as Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi failed to reach the final, and Ireland’s Cian McPhillips ran a national 800m record of 1:42.15 for fourth.