Johnson-Thompson sixth after two heptathlon events

Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson is in sixth place after two events as she tries to retain her heptathlon world title in Oregon.

Thiam, Olympic champion from Rio in 2016 and Tokyo last year, ran a personal best of 13.21 then cleared 1.95m in the high jump to lead the competition on 2,264 points.

Poland’s Adrianna Sulek is second on 2,176 points and American Anna Hall third with 2,148.

Johnson-Thompson managed 1.83m in the high jump, 15cm below her personal best, to leave her on 2,059 points going into the third event of Sunday’s morning session, the shot put.

The champion from Doha in 2019, she recovered from a ruptured Achilles to make last year’s Tokyo Olympics, only to see her dream of a first Olympic medal ended by a calf injury in the 200m.

Earlier, Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola claimed gold in the men’s marathon, finishing more than a minute clear in a championship record time of two hours five minutes 36 seconds.

Compatriot Mosinet Geremew (2:06:44) was second, and Belgium’s Bashir Abdi third (2:06:48).

Britain’s Joshua Griffiths finished 49th in 2:17:37.