Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon with record

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Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson is in gold medal position and defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill in bronze after a thrilling first morning of the heptathlon.

Ennis-Hill ran 12.84 seconds to win her 100m hurdles heat and give herself an early edge, then cleared a season’s best 1.89m in the high jump.

But Johnson-Thompson jumped a British record of 1.98m to storm into the lead.

Belgian Nafissatou Thiam matched that mark to put the 21-year-old second.

Johnson-Thompson will go into the evening session on 2,264 points, an advantage of 12 points over Thiam and 22 on Ennis-Hill.

Heptathlon standings after two events:

  1. Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GB) – 2,264 points
  2. Nafissatou Thiam (Bel) – 2,252
  3. Jessica Ennis-Hill (GB) – 2,242
  4. Akela Jones (Bar) – 2,217
  5. Brianne Theisen Eaton (Can) – 2,151
  6. Kendell Williams (USA) – 2,134
  7. Carolin Schafer (Ger) 2,122
  8. Yorgelis Rodriguez (Cub) – 2,088

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