Canada´s world silver medallist Pierce LePage topped the standings going into the morning´s final event, the pole vault. Whoever prevails will be a new world champion as France´s titleholder Kevin Mayer withdrew with an injury on Friday. Shankule, whose victory at last year´s Valencia marathon put her third on the world all-time list, timed 2hr 24min 23sec to win gold on the streets of the Hungarian capital. Their hopes were raised by Neugebauer, the world leader this year, holding a 30-point overnight lead over LePage. He managed a slight improvement on his third and final effort of 47.63m which gave him a morale boost ahead of the pole vault.

Source: Ethiopian News August 27, 2023 12:53 UTC