Overview

• Maria Pérez won the women's 20 km race walk in 1:25:54 to add to her 35 km title, with Alegna González taking silver and Nanako Fujii earning bronze in a Japanese record.
• Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye reached the women's shot put final with a first-attempt 19.65 m, the top mark in qualifying, with the medal round scheduled for 12:54 MESZ.
• Titleholder Chase Jackson, Sarah Mitton and Jessica Schilder also advanced in the shot put, as Germany's Katharina Maisch and Alina Kenzel joined Ogunleye in the final.
• Henrik Janssen (66.47 m) and Mika Sosna (64.99 m) made the men's discus final while Steven Richter missed out; Daniel Ståhl, Kristjan Čeh and Martynas Alekna led qualifying.
• Leo Neugebauer stood second in the decathlon after three events with 2,765 points behind Kyle Garland, as Niklas Kaul sat 19th and Damian Warner withdrew; Brazil's Caio Bonfim won the men's 20 km walk with Germans Christopher Linke 10th and Leo Köpp 11th.