By Nick Mulvenney

TOKYO (Reuters) -Belgium’s triple Olympic champion Nafi Thiam pulled out of the heptathlon at the world championships on Saturday after an underwhelming long jump left her with almost no chance of a medal.

The 31-year-old, who won world titles in 2017 and 2022, failed to get over the six-metre mark with her two legal jumps on Saturday morning to stand in eighth place in the overall standings, 377 points behind competition-leader Anna Hall.

Multiple Belgian media outlets reported that Thiam, who last lost in competition at the 2019 worlds, had been withdrawn by her coach before the javelin and 800 metres in the evening session.

Thiam did not turn up for the start of the evening session and was listed as “Did Not Start” when the javelin competition got under way at the

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