Top Kat pushes Nafi to line but gold eludes her
Daily Record|August 10, 2024
TEAM GB's Katarina JohnsonThompson had to settle for silver on another memorable night at the Paris Olympics.
JEREMY ARMSTRONG
Top Kat pushes Nafi to line but gold eludes her

The 31-year-old went into the 800m round of the heptathlon needing to beat Belgian superstar Nafi Thiam by 8.5 seconds for gold.

And while she managed a personal best of 2:04.90, Thiam crossed the line within six seconds to claim her third successive gold.

It was still a first Olympic medal for KJT in a fourth Games.

The Liverpudlian won her second World Championship last year, having returned from a career-threatening Achilles injury in 2020, then pulling up with a calf tear in the Tokyo Olympics.

She led the heptathlon overnight but Thiam overtook her with a powerful javelin throw, eventually taking gold by 6880 points to 6844.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 10, 2024 من Daily Record.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 10, 2024 من Daily Record.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.