Barely 12 months after claiming the European indoor title, France s Eloyse Lesueur captured her first global medal in taking the women s long jump title in fine style by flying to 6.85m and a slightly surprising victory.

Calvin Smith was still waiting for the family welcome into the world record breakers club as he left the track in the Ergo Arena, having brought a momentous conclusion to the three days of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot.

Ashton Eaton started the second day of heptathlon explosively.

Three surprise winners struck gold within the space of 15 minutes of each other at the Ergo Arena in Sopot on the second day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Only 11 men were in the qualifying competition for Sunday s final with 2004 Olympic silver medallist Marian Oprea the sole athlete to surpass 17 metres; 16.90m being the automatic qualifying distance.

Great Britain's Richard Kilty went from third at the 2014 UK Championships to first on the global stage when he rose to the occasion and flew to a 6.49 lifetime best to capture the men s 60m gold medal.