Caudery Suffers Injury Heartbreak In Tokyo

Molly Caudery's bid for world rod vault golden was ruined by wounded successful Tokyo, wherever nan sadistic conditions led to Emile Cairess pulling retired of nan men's marathon little than 3 miles from nan extremity of nan race.

Briton Caudery, nan 2024 world indoor champion, rolled her ankle successful nan warm-up aft she planted her near ft into nan landing mat aft a run-through.

The 25-year-old, who grounded to suffice for nan Olympic last past year, received aesculapian attraction and was fixed support from her chap athletes arsenic nan realisation struck that her title had ended earlier it had moreover begun.

Emotional, she covered her look pinch her hands arsenic she was taken distant from nan way successful a wheelchair soon earlier nan title sewage nether way.

"It is conscionable a freak accident. She has done thing wrong. To spot it extremity for illustration that, successful tears, that is not really she wanted to travel distant from Tokyo," British Para-athlete Stef Reid said connected BBC TV.

"She was coming present looking to person a redo of Paris. When it comes to athletics, these opportunities don't travel astir a lot.

"The rod vault mats are meant to beryllium soft, she must person caught her ankle astatine a unspeakable angle. It's devastating."

Five-time javelin world medallist Steve Backley said: "It's conscionable truthful frustrating for Molly.

"It's thing she will person done thousands of times successful training, you tally done and put your ft connected an unstable surface. It's conscionable 1 of those injuries that you won't spot coming."

There was further wounded heartbreak for Sarah Tait, who fell astatine a h2o jump little than 2 minutes into her women's 3,000m steeplechase heat.

The 24-year-old, who lowered her individual champion by much than 30 seconds this twelvemonth to make her first world championship, could not proceed and departed successful tears connected a wheelchair.

"Sarah is successful nan shape of her life. She has done truthful good to make it to these championships. Sadly for her, that is simply a unspeakable measurement for it to end," said 1983 world 1500m champion Steve Cram.

British team-mate Elise Thorner qualified for Wednesday's 15-athlete last by finishing 3rd successful her heat.

With temperatures of astir 30C accompanied by aggravated humidity continuing to airs a situation to nan athletes successful nan Japanese capital, Cairess was incapable to complete nan men's marathon.

The 27-year-old Briton, a badge contender aft placing 4th astatine nan Paris 2024 Olympics, stopped by nan roadside pinch little than 3 of nan 26.2 miles remaining and nan lead group opening to move retired of reach.

"I tried my best. I conscionable sewage excessively hot, elemental arsenic that really. The conditions were truthful tough," said Cairess, who vanished 3rd successful past year's London Marathon.

"When I stopped, I conscionable took ages to conscionable consciousness each correct again. I utilized each nan stations to beryllium diligent pinch nan crystal and nan sponges. While it helped, it conscionable still sewage excessively hot.

"I did a decent magnitude of mentation for nan conditions, arsenic overmuch arsenic I could balancing it pinch training. I've not known conditions for illustration it, but this is only my 4th marathon. I did nan champion I could."

The title was won successful a thrilling sprint to nan line, nan 2nd successful arsenic galore days successful nan marathon events, arsenic Tanzania's Alphonce Simbu pipped Germany's Amanal Petros to triumph his nation's first world title.

Both athletes were timed astatine 2 hours 9 minutes 48 seconds but, aft a photograph finish, Simbu clinched golden by 0.03 seconds - nan smallest winning separator successful a marathon astatine a world championships and person than nan winning margins successful Sunday's 100m finals.

Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred will not title nan women's 200m later this week aft suffering a hamstring wounded during nan 100m final.

St Lucia's Alfred achieved bronze successful nan sport's bluish riband arena connected this occasion, 1 twelvemonth aft winning her nation's first Olympic medals successful Paris, wherever she besides collected 200m silver.

But, successful doing so, she sustained a people 1 hamstring strain and has withdrawn from nan championships.

Alfred's supplier Henry Rolle told Jamaican News Centre: "With that information, she will retreat from nan 200m arsenic she won't beryllium adjacent to her regular aforesaid and we decidedly won't put her successful a position wherever she could harm herself moreover further.

"Rehab has started and we look guardant to 2026."