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Other Sports - 01. October 2019.

Lasitskene defends her title in Doha

For unbridled joy on the track tonight, there was no rival for Ugandan runner Halima Nakaayi, after she upset the favourite, USA's Ajee Wilson, to win the 800m title in a national record of 1:58.04.

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She unleashed an irresistible kick in the home straight, surging past early pace-setter Wilson, and then launched into an entirely uninhibited celebration, dancing her way around the track. Her reaction was only matched by that of the small Ugandan contingent in the grandstand, who had watched her become only the second woman from her country to win a world athletics title.

World record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya produced a remorseless solo effort to win the women’s 3000m steeplechase, banishing her disappointment from the last World Championships in London, where she mistakenly ran off the course and missed the water jump while leading on the first lap and had to double back, and then fell on the second lap, before eventually finishing fourth.

There were no hitches this time as she won in a championship record of 8:57.84, having led by 50 metres at the bell.

As expected, Mariya Lasitskene successfully defended her women’s high jump title with a first-time clearance of 2.04m. What was unexpected, however, was the prodigious challenge she had to withstand from Ukrainian teenager Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who also cleared 2.04m on her third attempt to secure silver with a world U20 record.

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