Overview

• Leo Neugebauer surged to second after a 56.15 m discus and 5.10 m pole vault, sitting on 7269 points and trailing leader Kyle Garland by 53.
• Ayden Owens-Delerme remains close in third on 7238 points, keeping the medal race within a narrow spread before the javelin and 1500 m.
• Niklas Kaul dropped ground with 4.70 m in the pole vault and is seventh on 6717 points, though he typically gains in the javelin and 1500 m; the gap to third is 521.
• Title favorite Sander Skotheim was disqualified in the 110 m hurdles, adding to a thinned field after Damian Warner’s DNS, Simon Ehammer’s high-jump exit and Till Steinforth’s withdrawal.
• Germany’s 4x100 m men and women advanced to the finals (men 38.12, women 41.86), while Jamaica’s men were eliminated after a baton error; Sandrina Sprengel finished fifth in the heptathlon and Yemisi Ogunleye placed sixth in the shot put.