Overview
- The 24-year-old opens her first World Championships in the 800m heats in Tokyo today, aiming to finish in the top three of her race to reach the semifinals.
- She qualified with a 1:58.95 personal best to win the Team-EM race in Maribor after breaking two minutes in Vienna and then winning ISTAF Berlin.
- At age 13 she was hit by a rifle shot fired from a nearby balcony, and the projectile shattered on her pelvic bone, leaving 24 metal fragments.
- Doctors decided against removing the fragments due to the risk of harming healthy tissue, and she still experiences pain and a weaker left leg.
- The shooter was convicted of serious bodily injury, and she later declined his attempted apology.