Meerkampster Dokter drops to fifth place in hunting for World Cup medal

Sofie Doctor

Sofie Doctor Has Dropped One Place on Saturday Morning After The Fifth Event of the Heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The 22-year-old from Groningen, who Hopes for a Medal, is now fifth.

Doctor Reached A distance or 6.16 meters in the Long Jump. American Taliyah Brooks Jumped Much Further With 6.79 Meters and passed doctor in the intermediate Standings. Anna Hall from the United States Still Leads.

Doctor won Silver in The Pentathlon at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn This Spring. She finished sixth at the paris games last year and is not without a chance for her first world championship medal in Tokyo.

With Emma Oosterwegel, The Netherlands Has Another Asset in The Heptathlon, But She is in a much worse position than doctor. The 27-year-old Oosterwegel, Winner of Olympic Bronze in Tokyo in 2021, is Number Fourteen in The Intermediate Standings.

The Last Two Events on the Heptathlon Will Be Complete later Today. The Javelin Throw Starts at 12:00 pm (Dutch Time) and the final 800 meters is at 2:11 pm.

Roosen Occupies Sevth Place in the Decathlon

In The Decathlon, the Men Complete the First Three Events on Saturday Morning. Sven Roosen Occupies Sevth Place in The Intermediate Standings.

The 24-Year-Old From Brabant Delivered Three Best Season Performances: 10.72 Seconds In The 100 meters, 7.26 Meters in the Long Jump and 13.94 Meters in the Shot Put. American Kyle Garland Leads in The Intermediate Standings.

Roosen finished Fourth at his Olympic Debut in Paris Last Year with a Dutch Record of 8.607 points. Shortly After the Games, he was kured for a long time due to a tear in a knee tendon.

“The Preparation has not leg iDEAL, but I am very happy that I am fit again and can compete with the world’s top,” he said after the shot put. The Decathletes Will Continue Their Competition Later Saturday with High Jump and the 400 meters.

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