Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon faded to eighth place in the women’s 400m hurdles final as the Netherlands’ Femke Bol lived up to her billing as pre-race favourite to land the World Championship title in Tokyo.
On a cooler night than usual Salmon began encouragingly and was on the pace of Bol and early second-place runner Anna Cockrell, from the United States, over the opening two hurdles.
Maybe it was because she had gone off too fast but the 26-year-old Olympic finalist and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Salmon began dropping back as she was overcome by the rest of the field.
Salmon recorded a time of 56.27, as the outstanding Bol went on to clock a world-leading time of 51.54.
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