Close battles anticipated in triple jump, high jump

Six finals are scheduled for Thursday, and each of them should be closely fought. In women's triple jump, defending champion Yargelis Savigne of Cuba is tied with Colombian Catherine Ibarguen this year at 14.99 meters. They are merely centimeters ahead of Ukraine's Olha Saladukha and Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova. Russia will go for a medal sweep in men's high jump, with Aleksey Dmitrik, Aleksandr Shustov and Ivan Ukhov lined up. The U.S. jumper Jesse Williams will try to prevent the sweep. The following is the list of all events on Thursday. All times are local. 10 a.m. Men's shot put, qualifications 10:05 a.m. Men's 5,000?, first round 10:10 a.m. Women's javelin throw, qualifications 10:45 a.m. Women's high jump, qualifications 10:50 a.m. Women's 200?, first round 11:25 a.m. Women's javelin throw, qualifications 11:30 a.m. Men's long jump, qualifications 11:35 a.m. Women's long jump, qualifications 11:40 a.m. Women's 800?, first round 12:30 p.m. Men's 4x400? relay, first round 7 p.m. Men's javelin throw, qualifications 7:10 p.m. Men's high jump, final 7:20 p.m. Women's triple jump, final 7:25 p.m. Women's 200?, semifinals 7:55 p.m. Men's 1,500?, semifinals 8:20 p.m. Men's javelin throw, qualifications 8:25 p.m. Men's 3,000? steeplechase, final 8:55 p.m. Women's 1,500?, final 9:15 p.m. Women's 400? hurdles, final 9:30 p.m. Men's 400? hurdles, final