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World Athletics: Kipyegon storms to fourth 1500m gold

Live Reporting

Elizabeth Botcherby, Alex Brotherton and Sean Byrne

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Men's high jump final

Sanghyeok Woo fails at his first attempt at 3.26 metres, before Hamish Kerr clears to set a new world lead!
It looks like the Olympic champion is going to win the gold medal, but his South Korean opponent has the option to increase the height in a bid to snatch victory.
He's going for 2.38m, as a first time clearance beats a second time...
Watch: Kipyegon defends world championship titlepublished at 14:43 BST

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Kipyegon defends world championship title to take gold for Kenya
Watch the winning moment as Kenya's Faith Kipyegon takes a fourth 1500m world title, with team-mate Dorcus Ewoi claiming silver, and Australia's Jessica Hull holding on for bronze.
And then there were two...published at 14:41 BST
Men's high jump final

Hamish Kerr clears 2.34 metres as well! Great drama with the whole stadium watching them.
He and Woo will go to 2.36m, but Oleh Doroshcuk will not as he fails on his final attempt at 2.34m. He takes fourth place.
Up comes Jan Stefela, but he fails and has to settle for the bronze medal.
We're down to the final two.
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Men's high jump final

Sanghyeok Woo clears 2.34 metres with his final jump, and surely claims the gold medal!
Hamish Kerr will jump next...
'Pretty happy with that performance'published at 14:36 BST

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GB's Amber Anning speaking after progressing through to the women's 400m finals: "I just believed in myself and trusted in myself. I think I should be happy, I'm pretty happy with that performance.
"That heat was stacked, I had to trust myself and my strengths.
"I definitely have the fight for it, I'm just grateful to have another race and looking forward to going again in the final."
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Men's high jump

We're down to the final four in the men's high jump final.
Sanghyeok Woo, Hamish Kerr, Oleh Doroshchuk and Jan Stefela all fail with their first attempt at 2.34 metres.
Woo and Kerr then smash into the bar on their second jumps, so will have one more attempt.
Now that the track events are over, all eyes are on this.
On we go.
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Gold medal - Ethan Katzberg (Canada)published at 14:31 BST
Men's hammer throw final

Canada's Ethan Katzberg has successfully defended his hammer throw title, throwing a Championship record and personal best of 84.70m.
He bowed to the crowd after winning his third global title in as many years.
Germany's Merlin Hummel also produced a personal best (82.77m) to take the silver medal, with Hungary's Bence Halasz (82.69m) winning bronze.
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'Nothing anyone else can do but hang on'published at 14:29 BST
Women's 1500m final
Andrew Cotter
BBC Sport athletics commentator

I like the way Kipyegon goes about this type of race. She can do a 58 last lap, the others can't. She makes the third lap quicker than the second, the second quicker than the first. It just means that there is nothing anyone else can do but survive, hang on.
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Gold medal - Cordell Tinch (USA)published at 14:25 BST
Men's 110m hurdles final

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Cordell Tinch saves his best for the final!
The American comes in under 13 seconds, with a winning time of 12.99 seconds. He came to Tokyo as the fastest man in the world this year, he'll leave as world champion.
Jamaica take silver and bronze, with Orlando Bennett (13.08) and Tyler Mason (13.12) producing personal bests on the biggest stage.
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Men's high jump final

Drama in the men's high jump final - Olympic champion Hamish Kerr squeezes over 2.31 metres after failing on his first two attempts.
World indoor champion Sanghyeok Woo has recovered from his earlier blip and sits in first place, with the Czech Republic's Jan Stefela second.
Oleh Doroshchuk is joint-third with Kerr after needing a third attempt to clear 2.31m.
Who will succeed Holloway as hurdles champion?published at 14:18 BST
Men's 110m hurdles final

It's time for the final gold medal event of the day, with the men's 110m hurdles title up for grabs.
Three-time champion Grant Holloway failed to qualify for the final, so a new name will take his crown.
Jamaica's Tyler Mason is probably the favourite after running the fastest time in the heats and semi-finals. He ran a personal best of 13.12 seconds in the latter race.
USA's Cordell Tinch has been the fastest hurdler in the world this year and recovered from a lacklustre performance in the heats to run 13.16 in the semi-finals.
Japan's Rachid Muratake (13.17) ran the third-fastest time in the semi-finals while Spain's Enrique Llopis, who came fourth in last year's Olympic final, and American teenager Ja'Kobe Thorp are also in the medal mix.
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'He will be absolutely crushed'published at 14:16 BST
Jenny Meadows
Former 800m World Championship medallist on BBC TV

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The depth in 400m has never been so strong. Hudson-Smith has done incredible, he was hoping to turn silver into gold so not making the final, he will be absolutely crushed.
He could not have done any more, he pushed out the blocks, when you are in lane two your biggest competitors seem so far away from you in lane five, six and seven. He paced himself and was up there with 200 metres gone.
He was quite unfortunate having that hip problem, we aren't quite sure what it was two days ago. I think because of that and not going through as an automatic qualifier, I think it was all down to the lane draw today.
He looked fine to me, he didn't look in any pain today, I think it was just an unfortunate sequence of events.
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Men's high jump final

Over in the men's high jump final, Hamish Kerr and Oleh Doroshchuk lead the way having cleared 2.28 metres with their first attempts.
They're joined in joint-first place by JuVaughn Harrison of the United States, though South Korea's Sanghyeok Woo has dropped off the pace as he needed two attempts to pass 2.28m.
Woo will remain confident though - after all, he is undefeated this year.
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Women's 1500m final

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Surely nobody doubted Faith Kipyegon?
The queen of middle distance running pulls away in the final 200 metres and wins by over two seconds, clocking a time of 3:52:15.
Compatriot Dorcus Ewoi takes the silver medal with a PB of 3:54:92, while Australia's Jessica Hull survives a late attack from Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir to take third place, and earn her nation a first ever medal in the women's 1500m.
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Gold medal - Kipyegon (Kenya)published at 14:09 BST
Women's 1500m final

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FAITH KIPYEGON WINS A FOURTH 1500M WORLD TITLE BY MILES!
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Women's 1500m final

Final lap and Faith Kipyegon is slowly turning the screw. This isn't super quick, but nobody has reeled her in yet!
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Women's 1500m final

Two laps to go, Faith Kipyegon remains in control. Is she going to win a fifth world title?
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Women's 1500m final

Faith Kipyegon is at the front with three laps to go, with Australia's Jessica Hull second.
You've gotta have Faithpublished at 14:04 BST
Women's 1500m final
Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

From one legend of the sport to another.
Last night we were all treated to a spectacular show from Swedish superstar Mondo Duplantis, the one we all hoped that he would deliver, soaring to history with a dramatic final attempt at 6.30m.
Tonight, another great bids for glory at Japan's National Stadium, as Faith Kipyegon aims to win her fifth world title.
The Kenyan has won the past four global 1500m titles, stretching back to the Tokyo Olympics, and could make it a fabulous five-in-a-row at the same stadium.
If you really squint your eyes, you can see Mondo Duplantis' signature has been added on the wall of medallists. Yep, right there, at the bottom, the squiggle with ‘6.30m WR’ written beside it.
I'm not sure many would bet against Kipyegon joining him.
Kipyegon - the ultimate middle distance runnerpublished at 14:03 BST
Women's 1500m final

As curriculum vitae go, Faith Kipyegon's isn't bad.
The Kenyan middle and long distance runner won 1500m gold at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Olympics, and has won back-to-back world titles in the event, three in total.
She is also the world champion in the 5,000m.
In July Kipyegon set a new 1500m world record with a time of 3:48:68.
Will anyone be able to stop the 31-year-old from claiming a seventh global title in the 1500m?
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