Heptathletes Camryn Newton-Smith and Celeste Mucci had a busy day and evening with four events. They got the heptathlon underway with the 100m hurdles.
Newton-Smith was in the lead before she crashed the final hurdle with her trail leg and while she was able to stay on her feet, it cost her as she finished in sixth with 14.21 seconds, for 949 points.
Mucci won her heat in a time of 13.29 seconds and set the fastest time to lead the competition with 1081 points. It was also only 0.1 slower than her personal best time set at the Commonwealth Games in April.
WATCH – Events 1 and 2 in the Heptathlon
Celeste Mucci of @AthsAust takes the 100m hurdles@niamhemerson of GBR tops the high jump
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— IAAF (@iaaforg) July 12, 2018
Then came the high jump where Mucci jumped to a personal best of 1.77m for 941 points while Newton-Smith was close to her best with a clearance of 1.65m.
The pair had to wait for the evening session before their next two events which were the shot put and 200m.
Mucci threw below her best in the shot put for 11.12 metres and ran 24.88 seconds for…
