Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads the heptathlon after making a superb start in her bid to land the Olympic medal which evades her.
Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads the heptathlon after making a superb start in her bid to finally land the Olympic medal which has so far eluded her.
Johnson-Thompson racked up 2,197 points, with defending Olympic champion Nafi Thiam of Belgium second on 2,173. The shot put and 200m take place in the Stade de France later on Thursday, with the medals decided after the long jump, javelin and 800m on Friday.The quartet of Bianca Williams, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt and Desiree Henry clocked 42.03 seconds as they look to earn Team GB's first medal in the event since 1956.
Winning a second world title last year boded well going into her fourth shot at standing on the Olympic podium.Johnson-Thompson has needed pain-killing injections to deal with tendinitis in her Achilles but, speaking before the heptathlon started on Thursday, said thought she was "in good shape".
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