The javelin thrower Julian Weber is the next hope for the German athletics team after days without a medal at the World Cup.

The Olympic fourth-placed easily made it into the final.

The 200 meter finals were a spectacle.

Shericka Jackson and Noah Lyles pushed the pace hard.

200 meters, women:

Shericka Jackson ran in the second best time ever recorded in Eugene for gold in the 200 meters.

Only world record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner was ever faster in the women's 21.34 seconds than Jamaica's Jackson on Thursday evening (local time), who finished in 21.45 seconds.

Teammate and World 100m Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was second, 0.36 seconds back.

Bronze went to defending champion Dina Asher-Smith of England in 22.02 seconds.

200 meters, men:

Defending champion Noah Lyles ran 19.31 seconds, the fourth-best time ever recorded over that distance.

"Everyone dreams of this day.

And today is my day.

I've finally been able to do what I've dreamed of for years," Lyles said over the stadium mic.

“I have all my family and friends here.

And I have an audience.

I have an audience!

I couldn't have imagined it going any better than that.” Lyles' time also matched the US record set by Michael Johnson, who ran 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Only Usain Bolt – on his world record of 19, 19 seconds in Berlin 2009 and the previous record of 19.30 seconds set a year earlier at the Beijing Olympics – and his Jamaican compatriot Yohan Blake in 19.26 seconds were already faster.

Silver and bronze also went to sprinters from the USA.

Kenneth Bednarek finished in 19.77 seconds, Erriyon Knighton needed 19.80 seconds.

Javelin throw, men:

Olympic fourth-placed Julian Weber has made it into the final and wants to win a medal.

With 87.28 meters, the 27-year-old from Mainz qualified for the medal round of the best twelve throwers on Sunday night (3:35 a.m. CEST/ZDF).

On the other hand, the World Cup was over for Andreas Hofmann, who came second in the European Championship after three failed attempts.

The Indian Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra qualified with 88.39 meters in the first attempt, as did the runner-up at the Tokyo Games, Jakub Vadlejch from the Czech Republic, who threw 85.23 meters.

5000 meters, men:

The German champion Mohamed Mohumed was eliminated in the lead.

After the 23-year-old from Dortmund was initially able to keep up with the top group, he lost his strength.

After a time of 13:52.00 minutes, he ended up in 33rd place overall.

Frankfurt's Sam Parsons made it into the final, finishing 14th in 13:24.50 minutes.

Maximilian Thorwirth from Düsseldorf didn't make it either.

The fastest was Jacob Krop from Kenya, sixth in the World Championships, with a time of 13:13.30 minutes.

800 meters, women:

Majtie Kolberg and Christina Hering made it into the semifinals.

Kolberg ran the season best in 2:01.21 minutes.

With her time of 2:01.63 minutes, Hering grabbed the last starting place for the semi-finals on Saturday night (3.35 a.m. CEST/ARD).

The fastest in the heats was Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia, who took 1:58.83 minutes.