{"id":2006063,"date":"2023-08-19T23:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T03:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-american-anna-hall-leads-after-day-1-of-heptathlon-at-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T00:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T04:01:26","slug":"athletics-american-anna-hall-leads-after-day-1-of-heptathlon-at-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-american-anna-hall-leads-after-day-1-of-heptathlon-at-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"American Anna Hall leads heptathlon at world championships after Day 1."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fathletics-american-anna-hall-leads-after-day-1-of-heptathlon-at-world-championships%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Lori Ewing and Lori Ewing<\/p>\n<p><h2>BUDAPEST (Reuters) \u2013 Anna Hall Leads Heptathlon at World Athletics Championships<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Anna Hall of the United States<\/h3>\n<p> was the leader after Day 1 of the heptathlon at the World\u200b Athletics Championships on Saturday, while Britain\u2019s Katarina Johnson-Thompson was second in her continued quest to rediscover top form after rupturing her Achilles tendon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Hall finished the day with 3,998 points, while Johnson-Thompson, the\u2064 2019 world champion, scored 3,905 and American Chari \u200cHawkins was third \u2062with 3,900.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am just\u200b doing my best and trying \u2062to keep fighting, fighting for every point and for every little bit I \u2063can get,\u201d said Hall. \u201cI am proud of the effort I\u200d have put in. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe championships is all about fighting for positions and that is what\u200d I am going to keep\u2063 doing (Sunday). I have been dealing with some stuff last two weeks, a little bit of a training accident, but\u200d I showed up here ready to go and I am just going to keep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hall, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-american-anna-hall-leads-after-day-1-of-heptathlon-at-world-championships\/\" title=\"American Anna Hall leads heptathlon at world championships after Day 1.\">reigning world bronze medallist<\/a>, was second in the 100-metre hurdles and the 200 and\u200d third in the shot put and high jump.<\/p>\n<p>The heptathlon wraps up\u2064 on Sunday \u200bwith the long jump, javelin and the 800 metres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI prefer day two anyway because I like the end,\u201d\u2064 Hall \u2062said. \u201cI\u2063 am looking forward to the 800. It is far from over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has been a tough climb back up the heptathlon rankings for Johnson-Thompson, who \u200bruptured her Achilles in 2020 and then tore a calf muscle eight months before the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting fifth \u200dafter a shaky shot \u2062put, the 30-year-old ran the fastest 200 of 23.48 \u2063seconds \u2013 still well \u2064off her personal best of 22.79 \u2013 to\u200b climb three spots. She had earlier \u200ccleared 1.86 metres in the high jump, second-best on the day, to keep her within\u2064 striking distance of Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson-Thompson called it a \u201cgruelling day\u201d after a morning\u2064 thunderstorm \u200bdelayed \u200dthe start of competition by an hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us have struggled with the delay,\u201d she told the BBC. \u201cWe\u2019ve been up\u200b since half six.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is a different heptathlon. I\u2019m proud to keep knocking on\u2063 the door, and I\u2019m \u200chappy with the finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063field was missing \u2062reigning world and Olympic champion Nafi Thiam, who withdrew from\u2063 the Belgium\u200c championships earlier in the month with an Achilles injury.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Lori Ewing; Editing by Hugh Lawson)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/athletics-american-anna-hall-leads\/attachment\/world-athletics-championship-6\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/athletics-american-anna-hall-leads\/attachment\/world-athletics-championship-7\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/athletics-american-anna-hall-leads\/attachment\/world-athletics-championship-8\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/athletics-american-anna-hall-leads\/attachment\/world-athletics-championship-9\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In Golden, Colorado, on International Homeless Animal Day, POSO Dog \u2062Rescue is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/international-homeless-pet-day\/\" title=\"International Homeless Pet Day\">honoring shelter dog\u2019<\/a>s who were once \u2064on the kill list. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has been filled with major\u200b headlines in the U.S. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has more. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Trump picks Tucker over Fox, Elon blocks the block button and Rich Men North of Richmond\u2062 continues to dominate<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One America\u2019s Jessamyn Dodd sits\u200d down with California \u200cSenate candidate \u200bEric Early to discuss the rising crime in the state.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Ju-min Park \u200dSEOUL (Reuters) \u2013 Suspected\u200b North Korean hackers have\u200d targeted a joint U.S.-South Korea military exercise being held this week\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) \u2013 Suspected North\u200c Korean \u200bhackers have targeted a joint U.S.-South Korea military exercise being held this week\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -California\u2019s autos\u2064 regulator said on\u2063 Friday it\u2063 is investigating \u201crecent concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-students-brutally-murdered-by-mexican-cartel-after-being-lured-by-job-offer\/\" title=\"5 students brutally killed by Mexican cartel after being deceived by job offer.\">incidents\u201d \u200cinvolving autonomous vehicles operated<\/a> by General Motors\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Valerie Insinna\u2064 and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON (Reuters)\u2064 \u2013 JetZero, which has won U.S. Air Force backing to build a demonstrator for\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDAPEST (Reuters) \u2013 Anna Hall of the United States led the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships on Day 1. Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Britain, recovering from an Achilles tendon rupture, secured second place. Hall, 22, completed the event successfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2006064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}