Katarina Johnson-Thompson gold hopes fade as she slips to second after javelin
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The Briton threw a season’s best 45.49 metres in the javelin but defending champion Nafissatou Thiam threw 54.04 to take a 121-point lead.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson saw her chances of Olympic heptathlon gold begin to slip away after the javelin competition at Stade de France.