Jiri Sykora of the Czech Republic technically moved into first place (although he had never knowingly ceased to be in that position despite the revision of his long jump mark coming approximately two hours after the shot put finishing) by being the bes...

Morgan Lake added her own page to the book of British success in the heptathlon when she secured the world junior title with 6148 points, the highest ever score by a youth athlete in a heptathlon with senior implements as the prodigious Briton is still...

Russia s Evgeniy Likhanov moved into the lead after four events in the decathlon following his 2.09m clearance in the high jump

Czech Republic s Jiri Sykora continued the seesaw sequence of the second day and regained the pole position with one event remaining after he produced a personal best of 60.56m in the javelin.

Great Britain s Morgan Lake continued her strong streak in the heptathlon s third event, putting up a 14.17m shot put in the first round to win her second event and add 805 points to her total.

Alemitu Heroye continued Ethiopia s successful tradition in distance running by winning the 5000m title with a time of 15:10.08, the seventh victory for Ethiopian runners in 10 editions of the event which came onto the Championships programme in 1996.