"In the opening 100m hurdles, she came home third in her heat in 13.44, breaking her previous best of 13.57. In the high jump, she soared over 1.86m, adding 2cm to her PB. That leaves her on 2113 points alongside the reigning world champion, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, with gold medal favourite Anna Hall out front on 2210 and Olympic champion Nafi Thiam second with 2127."
"When O'Connor set the Irish heptathlon record of 6487 points in July, she opened with 13.89 in the hurdles and cleared 1.83m in the high jump, and her current tally is 103 points beyond her score at that point. She is on track to surpass 6600 points and is now firmly in the hunt for a medal, though it remains very early days with five events left to come."
Kate O'Connor opened the heptathlon with a 13.44 in the 100m hurdles, beating her previous best of 13.57, and then cleared 1.86m in the high jump, adding 2cm to her personal best. Those results place her on 2113 points, level with reigning world champion Katarina Johnson‑Thompson, behind Anna Hall (2210) and Nafi Thiam (2127). Her current tally is 103 points higher than at the point she set the Irish record of 6487 in July, putting her on track to exceed 6600 points. O'Connor remains a genuine medal prospect with five events to go; she will contest the shot put and 200m next, followed by three events tomorrow. She has already earned three international medals this year and reports confidence and readiness to compete.
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