57m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 8:23amLive updates: World Athletics Championships, Day Seven

Australians in action on day seven:

Women’s heptathlon (from 6:33pm AEST): Camryn Newton-Smith, Tori West100m hurdles (6:33pm AEST)
High jump (7:20pm AEST)Shot put (9:30pm AEDT) 200m (10:38pm AEDT) Women’s javelin qualification (8:30pm AEST): Mackenzie LittleMen’s 5,000m heats (9:05pm AEST): Seth O’Donnell (heat 1), Jack Rayner (heat 2), Ky Robinson (heat 1)
Women’s 800m semifinal (9:45pm AEST): Abbey Caldwell (heat 3), Claudia Hollingsworth (heat 1), Jessica Hull (heat 2)Women’s javelin qualification (10:00pm AEST): Lianna Davidson

9m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 9:11am

HEPTATHLON: FUN FACT

A short break now for 10 or so more minutes while the heptathletes move over to the high jump mat, so time for some trivia!

Camryn Newton-Smith is the reigning Oceania heptathlon champion, winning her title in Suva in 2024. Tori West was second.

Australia’s Taneille Crase finished first in 2022, but in 2019 another Australian, Kiara Reddingius, won.

That’s probably not such a huge surprise, but Reddingius has gone on to excel in a completely different sport after her regional triumph.

You’re now more likely to see her at the back of a bobsled piloted by Bree Walker, with whom she competed at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and may do so again in Milano-Cortina next year.

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11m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 9:10am

WOMEN’S HIGH JUMP: How’d the Aussies do?

What happened with our high jumpers last night?

– Clifford

Why thanks for asking, Clifford.

You can read all about it right here…

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Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson both got safely through their qualifiers without really breaking a sweat.

Both women cleared 1.92 without a failure, joining the 11 others who made it over that height.

Here’s what Olyslagers told World Athletics after her competition.

“I am just trying to enjoy it because I know being in a good shape for a world championships is very rare,” she said.

“At times I pushed to hard and something broke, so I hope my body and mind are great for the final.

“For the two jumps today I felt good.

“I’m hungry for more on Sunday.”

In total, 16 women got through to the final.

However, the third Aussie Emily Whelan was unable to join them after failing at 1.92 and having two failures at each of her previous two heights to miss out on countback.

18m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 9:02amHEPTATHLON: Standings after event one

Obviously such a long way to go yet, but let’s just check in with the scores after one event.

Taliyah Brooks (USA) leads with 1,135.

Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (LTU) second on 1,120.

Anna Hall (USA) third on 1,117.

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Camryn Newton-Smith sits 13th on 1,043.

Tori West is 21st on 1,005.

25m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 8:55amHEPTATHLON: An early casualty and a big fall(Getty Images)

Big problem for Britain’s Abigail Pawlett, who hit her head hard as she clipped the last hurdle.

She was able to finish the race, running 14.70 for 882 points, but that could well be her competition over if she has any issues.

That has come after Swiss athlete Annik Kälin pulled out with an ankle injury a couple of days ago, so is a non-starter.

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It was a good start for one of the key favourites Anna Hall of the USA. She’s won bronze and silver at the last two world championships so wants to complete the set. She finishes third in that heat, 13.05 (1,117 points).

37m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 8:43am

HEPTATHLON: 100m hurdles, third place for Newton-Smith

Good stuff from the Aussie Camryn Newton-Smith.

She’s not a million miles off her personal best of 13.41, running a very respectable 13.55 (1,043 points).

Emma Oosterwegel of the Netherlands won the heat in a personal best time of 13.28 (1,083), with Adrianna Sułek-Schubert in third with 13.47 (1,055).

43m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 8:37am

HEPTATHLON: 100m hurdles, heat two

Now it’s the second Aussie, Camryn Newton-Smith, who’s up in the hurdles.

She has a personal best of 13.41, again set this year.

The 25-year-old Queenslander needs to get as close to that time as possible.

43m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 8:37am

HEPTATHLON: British pair head first heat

Great start for the two Brits.

Jade O’Dowda got off to a great start, running a personal best of 13.34 (1,074 pts) to win the heat.

Defending champion Katarina Johnson-Thomson 13.44 (1,059) came in second, just ahead of Irishwoman Kate O’Connor, who ran the same time.

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Favourite Nafissatou Thiam was fifth with a 13.61, a season’s best, and 1,034 points.

Tori West was a way off her season’s best, finishing in seventh with 13.81 for 1,005 points.

47m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 8:33am

HEPTATHLON: 100m hurdles, heat one

Heat one and Tori West goes in this one.

She has a personal best of 13.59, which she set this year, so anything close to that will be very impressive for the 29-year-old Queenslander.

Favourites Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Nafissatou Thiam go in this heat and will be looking for a good start.

47m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 8:33amHEPTATHLON: What is the heptathlon?(Getty Images)

We’re starting a little earlier today due to the heptathlon, where Tori West and Camryn Newton-Smith will go for Australia.

The heptathlon is a combined track and field event, featuring seven different disciplines that take place over two competition days.

Athletes are given a score for their time, distance or height, which is added up with the winner scoring the highest number of points.

There is a formula that I could give you to show you how they work out the points for each events, but this isn’t a maths lesson.

Here are the seven events:

Day 1

100m hurdlesHigh jumpShot put200m

Day 2

The heptathlon made its Olympic debut at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where Australian Glynis Leanne Nunn won gold.

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She beat American Jackie Joyner Kersee by just five points in one of the all time great battles.

Joyner Kersee holds the world record at 7,291 points, which was set in 1988.

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57m agoFri 19 Sep 2025 at 8:24am

World Athletics Championships, day seven(Getty Images)

Hello folks and welcome to ABC Sport’s continued coverage of the Tokyo World Athletics Championships.

My name is Simon Smale and I am in the hotseat once more to bring you all the action as it happens over there in the National Stadium.

Australia has had a very enjoyable championships so far and tonight we could set things up very nicely for a thrilling final weekend.

There are a perfect 10 Aussies in action tonight, with final spots on the line for three 5,000m runners and three more 800m runners.

Our two heptathletes get their gruelling campaigns underway, and we’ve also got a bit of javelin for you too.

If you’ve got a question, hit me up. If you don’t just say hi anyway – you can hit that big blue button to leave a comment and I’ll get to as many as I can.