Nothing has gone Norway's way in Tokyo and they may be left without a medal in the championship. The last really big hope was Sander Skotheim who was in second place before the last day of the decathlon.
But the gold dream disappeared immediately when he lost his rhythm in the hurdle race and pushed down a hurdle with his hands to avoid injury – and was disqualified.
Shortly afterwards, he interrupted his decathlon.
I considered continuing. But mentally I was not there and then it's no point, says Skotheim.
One Norwegian medal chance remains, Jakob Ingebrigtsen on 5,000 meters. But an injury that has kept him away from competition all summer means that the reigning World Champion is not a real medal hope. Ingebrigtsen did not even make it to the final on 1,500 meters.
Also the reigning World Champion on 400 meters hurdles, Karsten Warholm, missed defending the gold. He only came fifth in the final.
