Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson led the heptathlon with only the 800 metres remaining at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday as she continues her comeback from a ruptured Achilles tendon.
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The 2019 world champion threw 46.14m in the javelin, shattering her previous personal best of 44.33, to hold on to the top spot in the standings with 5 710 points.
Anouk Vetter, the Olympic silver medallist from the Netherlands, climbed five spots into second place on 5 684 points with a massive 59.57m javelin throw. Anna Hall of the United States is third on 5 567.
Johnson-Thompson trailed Hall, who won world bronze last year, by 93 points overnight but overtook the American with a long jump of 6.54, the best of the day.
The 30-year-old Johnson-Thompson ruptured her Achilles in 2020 and was forced to withdraw during the Tokyo Olympics when she tore a calf muscle during the 200m.
World and Olympic champion Nafi Thiam of Belgium is missing the event due to injury.