Nice Britain win silver medal in blended 4x400m relay at World Athletics Championships in Budapest; Netherlands drop baton after wanting poised for gold; GB’s Zharnel Hughes and Katarina Johnson-Thompson pushing for medals in 100m and heptathlon respectively on Sunday
Final Up to date: 20/08/23 7:45am
Nice Britain’s Rio Mitcham, Yemi Mary John, Laviai Nielsen and Lewis Davey gained silver within the blended 4x400m relay on the World Athletics Championships
Nice Britain claimed silver within the blended 4x400m relay on the World Athletics Championship after Netherlands’ Femke Bol stumbled shortly earlier than the ending line.
The British quartet of Lewis Davey, Laviai Nelson, Rio Mitcham and Yemi Mary John set a brand new nationwide file of three:11.06 to come back second behind USA, who gained in a world-record 3:08.80 in Budapest.
Netherlands had been on the right track for victory just for Bol to lose her footing and drop the baton, with the Dutch group’s elimination seeing Czech Republic take third in a time of three:11.98.
Netherlands’ Femke Bol fell over and dropped the baton along with her facet primed for gold in Budapest
Mitcham mentioned of his group’s silver medal: “It means every thing.
“Laviai gave us a very good pep discuss within the name room on how a medal can change your life and that is why I can not cease smiling.”
Britain will hope for extra medals in Hungary on Sunday with sprinter Zharnel Hughes – the quickest man on this planet this 12 months – a contender within the males’s 100m.
Hughes, who ran 9.83 in New York in June, gained his warmth in 10 seconds flat and will probably be joined within the semi-finals by fellow Brits Eugene Amo-Dadzie and Reece Prescod.
The semi-finals happen on Sunday afternoon with the ultimate then held at 6.10pm UK time.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is second within the heptathlon with three occasions remaining
The heptathlon additionally concludes with Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson second after 4 of the seven occasions as she appears to be like to win a second World Championships gold, after triumphing in Doha in 2019.
The 30-year-old trails American Anna Corridor by 93 factors with the lengthy bounce, javelin and 800m to come back in Budapest.
Johnson-Thompson made up floor on Corridor by successful her 200m warmth in 23.48 seconds.