Great Britain's Jazz Sawyers took silver in the women's long jump, finishing just one centimetre behind gold winner Larissa Iapichino in what the BBC described as one of the performances of the championship.
Great Britain’s Jazz Sawyers claimed a silver medal in the women’s long jump, delivering what the BBC called “one of the performances of the championship”.
Sawyers finished just one centimetre behind the gold medallist, Larissa Iapichino, in a result that underlined how narrow the margin was at the top of the competition.
The performance was hailed as “the jump of her life”, according to the BBC’s coverage of the event.
Iapichino took the gold medal, edging out Sawyers by the slimmest of margins to top the podium in the women’s long jump.
The closeness of the finish, with a single centimetre separating the two athletes, highlighted the fine margins that can decide championship medals in the field events.
Why it matters
Field-event medals are often decided by tiny margins, and a one-centimetre gap between gold and silver shows just how competitive the women's long jump was. For British athletics, Sawyers' silver is a notable podium finish at a major championship.