The result was a remarkable achievement in Knyazyeva-Minenko’s second competition of the year, following on from foot surgery.

Knyazyeva-Minenko, who emigrated to Israel from the Ukraine four years ago, won silver at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. She had also placed fifth in last year's Olympics. Both of those performances represented the best-ever finishes by an Israeli track and field athlete in the respective championships.

Israel’s Marharyta Dorozhon narrowly missed reaching the final of the javelin. Her throw of 61.33m in the qualifying round was less than a metre short of the distance required to progress further. Dorozhon had recorded a mark of 63.07m in taking the gold medal in last month's Maccabiah.

Australian Steven Solomon, who reached the 2012 Olympic 400m final at the age of 19, had a less successful return to Olympic Park. Solomon was strong over the first 300m and was sitting third half-way down the home straight before losing his form and finished in seventh postion in 46.27.