Johnson-Thompson holds on to gold in heptathlon over Hall by the slimmest of margins at worlds

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BUDAPEST, Hungary—Never has finishing second felt so good to Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Or been so exhausting. Starting the final event of the heptathlon, the 800 meters, with the slimmest of leads, and trying to hold off Anna Hall to complete a comeback from a ruptured Achilles three years ago, Johnson-Thompson never let the…

BUDAPEST, Hungary—Never has finishing second felt so good to Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Or been so exhausting.

That’s why she stayed down on the track a moment longer. Sure, to catch her breath. But to soak in the moment, too. Going into the final event, Johnson-Thompson wouldn’t have minded a little bigger cushion. Her lead was just 43 points heading into an event where Hall excels. “I went for it,” said Hall, the Colorado native who won bronze at worlds last summer in Oregon. “Very bittersweet. I really wanted gold and I just fought my heart out and it just wasn’t there this year for me. Kat was just better today and I got beat.”

Earlier this month, Hall slipped on the takeoff board while practicing the long jump. She hyperextended her knee. She wasn’t sure how well she could compete in Budapest.

 

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