BEIJING (AP) — The Latest from the world championships (all times local):
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10:25 a.m.
Jessica Ennis-Hill closed in on the world title in the heptathlon on Sunday, with a solid performance in the long jump extending her overall lead with two events to come.
Olympic champion Ennis-Hill jumped 6.43 meters to increase her overall score to 4,990 points. Her British teammate Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who was in second place coming into the second day of the competition, fell out of medal contention after she fouled out on her three long jump attempts.
Despite two fouls to start with, Johnson-Thompson went all out on her last attempt and appeared to step over the line by the tiniest of margins on a huge jump. Despite her pleading with the judges, the red flag went up.
Canada’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton moved into silver medal position with a jump of 6.55, for a score of 4,888.
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9:55 a.m.
Miguel Angel Lopez of Spain won the 20-kilometer walk in 1 hour, 19 minutes, 14 seconds on Sunday, holding off the strong challenge from Chinese athletes seeking to win the host country’s first gold medal at the world championships.
Olympic bronze medalist Wang Zhen of China took silver in 1:19.29 and Benjamin Thorne was third in a Canadian record 1:19:57.
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9 a.m.
The 20-kilometer walk offers the first of five world championship gold medals up for grabs on Day 2, which culminates with the marquee men’s 100-meter final.
Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill was leading the heptathlon ahead of the long jump, the first of the three disciplines in the event on Sunday.
Medals will also be awarded in the men’s hammer throw and the shot put.
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8:35 a.m.
Competitors in the 20-kilometer walk have left the stadium at the start of Day 2 at the world championships.
China and Japan are aiming to capitalize on the absence of athletes from Russia, where the race walking program is under heavy scrutiny amid a doping scandal.
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