Having finished fourth and out of the medals at the past three global championships, Jamaica s Kaliese Spencer was hoping that her luck would change.

One woman became a champion by the thinnest of margins and another by the widest in a shorter race. There were surprises, predictable coronations, redemption and last-page heroics. There

The five fastest women in the world this year negotiated their way safely through the heats of the women s 1500m on the second day of competition in Luzhniki Stadium.

Ashton Eaton of the USA finished the Moscow World Championships Decathlon in style, winning his first World outdoor title with a world-leading 8809.

It was a short morning s work for three of the most likely medal contenders: New Zealand s Valerie Adams, Russia s Yevgeniya Kolodko and China s Gong Lijiao, as the trio qualified for Monday evening s final with their first efforts.

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