Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Women's Heptathlon - 200 Metres - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - October 2, 2019 General view as Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads during the race REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
DOHA (Reuters) - Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson produced two personal bests as she made a superb start to the heptathlon at the world athletics championships on Wednesday, opening a 96-point lead over defending champion Nafissatou Thiam after four events.
The 26-year-old Johnson-Thompson took an early lead after running a lifetime best of 13.09 seconds in the 100m hurdles, before matching Thiam with a clearance of 1.95m in the high jump.
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