LONDON (AP) — The Latest from the world championships (all times local):
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6:40 p.m.
Jessica Ennis-Hill received a massive ovation from the home crowd at the Olympic Stadium when she was given the gold medal for the 2011 heptathlon.
Ennis-Hill was promoted to first place in the event because Russian rival Tatyana Chernova was stripped of the title for doping.
The cheers brought back fond memories for Ennis-Hill, who won the 2012 Olympic gold medal in the heptathlon in the same stadium.
“It was truly incredible,” the pregnant Ennis-Hill said.
It was the third and last day of such ceremonies recognizing athletes who were bumped up in the results after others were caught doping.
The IAAF has been retesting samples of athletes suspected of doping and annulling their result if they belatedly were shown to have been positive.
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4:30 p.m.
Rose Chelimo, a runner from Kenya now competing for Bahrain, pulled away near the finish to win the women’s marathon at the world championships.
In a back-and-forth race, Chelimo held off two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat by seven seconds, with American runner Amy Cragg taking third. Chelimo finished in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 11 seconds.
Kiplagat barely beat a hard-charging Cragg.
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3:35 p.m.
Ronald Levy of Jamaica was a medal contender in the 110-meter hurdles but failed to make it into the semifinals after clipping the first hurdle with his trailing leg.
Levy had the third-best time in the world this year and also won the Diamond League meet in Paris. Despite a good clearance out of the blocks, he inexplicably hit the first hurdle hard and was so out of balance he came to a stop at the second obstacle. He left the track seemingly injured.
Aries Merritt of the United States, who won the Olympic title in London five years ago, easily went through with a top time of 13.16 seconds, .07 seconds ahead of reigning Olympic champion Omar McLeod of Jamaica.
Defending champion Sergei Shubenkov of Russia was also through as third finisher in his heat.
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2 p.m.
Nafi Thiam extended her lead with a strong showing in the javelin, the penultimate event in the heptathlon at the world championships.
With only the 800-meter race to go later Sunday, the Olympic champion has 5,980 points, 172 more than Carolin Schaefer of Germany.
If Thiam gets around the two laps of the Olympic Stadium without a serious incident, she should be able to add the world title to her Olympic gold.
Anouk Vetter of the Netherlands set a huge javelin mark of 58.41 meters to move into bronze medal position overall. Thiam was second with a throw of 53.93.
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1:05 p.m.
Geoffrey Kirui of Kenya won the men’s marathon at the world championships with a come-from-behind run finishing on Tower Bridge.
The 24-year-old Kirui became the fifth Kenyan man to win the marathon title at the worlds.
Kirui cruised through the last portion of the race with little worry as he made his way across the finish line. He won in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 27 seconds, and was 1:22 ahead of Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia. Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania finished third.
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12:10 p.m.
Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia took the lead in the men’s marathon near the halfway point of the race at the world championships.
Tola earned a bronze in the 10,000 meters at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. He won a marathon in Dubai this season and a half-marathon in Prague.
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11:20 a.m.
Evan Jager of the United States was the top qualifier for the steeplechase final.
Jager is trying to break the 30-year stranglehold of Kenyan and Kenyan-born runners on the event.
Jager was in control all through and finished in 8 minutes, 20.36 seconds. The top Kenyan in Jager’s heat was fourth and Ezekiel Kemboi, a four-time world champion and two-time Olympic champion, qualified only as one of the fastest finishers outside the three automatic qualifying spots.
The last runner who was born outside Kenya to win was Francesco Panetta of Italy at the 1987 world championships in Rome.
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11:05 a.m.
Olympic champion Nafi Thiam regained the lead in the heptathlon with only two events left at the world championships when she won the long jump with a leap of 6.57 meters.
With overnight leader Carolin Schaefer jumping only 6.20, the lead switched again between the two. Thiam now has 5,044 points, 96 more than the German.
After a bad start to the competition, Katarina Johnson-Thompson brought herself back into medal contention with a jump of 6.57. That put her into third place with 4,865 points.
The javelin and the 800 meters are the final two events.
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10:35 a.m.
The heptathlon enters its final day with Olympic champion Nafi Thiam and Carolin Schaefer in the chase for gold at the world championships.
Other finals on Sunday are the two marathon races, the women’s 100 meters and pole vault, and the men’s shot put.
After the Americans went 1-2 in the men’s 100 meters with Justin Gatlin taking gold and reducing Usain Bolt to bronze, Olympic champion Elaine Thompson will be seeking to get one back for Jamaica. Tori Bowie leads the U.S. challenge.
The U.S. team could well win more medals with Ryan Crouser favored to add the world title to his Olympic shot put gold.
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