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Despite achieving a first international outdoor medal, pre-competition favourite Caudery was unable to follow up her breakthrough world indoor gold with a second major title in only three months.<\/p>\n
However, the 24-year-old boasts the world-leading mark this year after clearing a personal best 4.86m in February, and will remain one of the favourites for gold in Paris as she continues to enjoy rapid progress.<\/p>\n
There will be some concern around the fitness of world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson<\/b> following her withdrawal from the heptathlon after three events on Friday evening.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old’s coach, Aston Moore, said the decision was taken because of a “small niggle in her right leg”, with Johnson-Thompson exiting when in ninth place as Nafi Thiam, favourite to defend her Olympic title, went on to claim a dominant gold.<\/p>\n
There was disappointment for 800m runner Jemma Reekie, <\/b>competing over 1500m in Rome, as she faded in the latter stages to miss out on a medal, and Eilish McColgan, <\/b>whose return to action in a major final did not go to plan.<\/p>\n
McColgan did not finish the women’s 10,000m final and now faces a difficult task to prove her fitness following a long injury lay-off. She later said she was “wishing for a bit of a miracle”.<\/p>\n
Things also did not go to plan for the men’s 4x100m team. Richard Kilty described their premature exit as “horrendous”, as a quartet also featuring CJ Ujah – making his return from a doping ban – failed to make the final after finishing last in their heat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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