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The women are out on the track for their 4x400m relay. My sense is USA, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on anchor, have a chance.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Field events have been suspended with the hope that they\u2019ll soon be back under way once the rain abates. I actually don\u2019t think it\u2019s as heavy as 15 minutes ago, but the mop-up might take a while.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The GB men came sixth and are really disappointed, but four years ago were sixth in the heats, so they\u2019re proud of the progress and resolved to keep improving.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The winning time, by the way, was pretty slow on account of the rain, 2.57.76.<\/p>\n Photograph: BBCShare<\/a><\/p>\n Gosh, that was a brilliant race and finish \u2013 Botswana athletics is in such a great place. It looked for all the world like USA were going to win, but Benjamin tied up just as Kebinatshipi came on strong. I can\u2019t wait to see what he goes on to achieve, and I\u2019m also keen to learn how quickly Van Niekerk ran because his leg hauled SA from nowhere into gold medal contention.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Botswana win the men’s 4x400m relay<\/p>\n USA take silver and South Africa bronze.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.26 EDT<\/p>\n Oh my days, it\u2019s three heading for the line, Nene killing it but USA lead \u2026 oh but Kebinatshipi is surging! This is amazing!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.26 EDT<\/p>\n USA lead with Benjamin, the 400m hurdles champ, but Kebinatshipi has the baton, and SA are right back in it aftera fantastic leg from Van Niekerk.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.26 EDT<\/p>\n At the third change, it\u2019s USA and Botswana well ahead, SA chasing with Van Niekerk. This going to be a terrific finish.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n SA are off quickly, wading through puddles, with USA now leading as they break, Botswana on their shoulder with Tebogo.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Off we go in the men\u2019s 4x4000m relay\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s absolutely caning it down with rain now \u2013 they\u2019ve stopped the men\u2019s discus final \u2013 but the men\u2019s 400m relay final will soon be under way. It looks a pretty open contest, but I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how Botswana go \u2013 they\u2019ve got Collen Kebinatshipi, the individual champ, as well as Letsile Tebogo.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Back with the high jump, Morgan Lake is about to take her final go at 1.97 \u2026 and I\u2019m afraid she\u2019s not that close. She can reflect on a really good season, finally hitting 2.00, but for today, she\u2019s done.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Looking again at the 5000m finish, Hocker was just so strong coming around the curve. It\u2019s amazing really, given he\u2019s a 1500m specialist \u2013 he must\u2019ve put in some serious effort in training.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.21 EDT<\/p>\n In the studio, Meadows, Hodgkindson\u2019s coach, agrees she wasted energy when Moraa wouldn\u2019t let her by early doors and doesn\u2019t want to sound like a fan, but she says Keely has gone up in her imagination, while Georgia ran \u201cthe perfect race\u201d. She\u2019d said she wanted to be on the floor after the race with nothing left to give, and she did that; they thought she might be able to sneak into the 1.54s, and she did that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Keely and Georgia are with BBC, the latter feeling her call to pick the 8 over the 15 was vindicated. She ran her fastest time ever and is really happy, telling herself not to get dropped when it was quick early doors, to kick at the end.<\/p>\n Hodgkinson says she might\u2019ve wasted energy tussling and surging, but she was \u201cin it to win it\u201d and if you go for gold you risk being run out of the medals entirely. She\u2019s proud of her and her mate and seeing what she\u2019s been through this year she\u2019s proud even if she\u2019s not got what she came for.<\/p>\n Did she feel Odire coming on strong? \u201cNot really, I thought I had it\u201d but she did her best to hold on but her legs \u201cwere falling off a little bit because the first lap was so quick, but I ran it how I ran it and this is what the result is.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a really difficult year, she\u2019s disappointed, but it\u2019s her fifth podium in a row, so.<\/p>\n Back to Hunter Bell, she and Hodgkinson are both looking forward to a break, and she\u2019s very grateful to her coaches and feels lucky to be part of the team.<\/p>\n They\u2019re both so thoughtful, mature and likeable.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hocker will have felt injustice after his 1500m DQ \u2013 with no reason, he hauled himself through the runners in front of him \u2013 but if it inspired him to this, who cares? He had so much left at the end; \u201cUSA ON TOP!\u201d he shouts into a camera. Ho hum.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.21 EDT<\/p>\n Cole Hocker of USA wins the men’s 5000m in 12.58.30<\/p>\n Redemption! Isaac Kimeli of Belgium takes silver and Jimmy Gressier of France, the 10,000m champ, nabs bronze.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.21 EDT<\/p>\n Harker has timed this to perfection!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Mehary is sprinting now, Kimeli of Belgium next, and Harker is looking strong coming around the bend!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.02 EDT<\/p>\n Ingenrigtsen moves to the front! I don\u2019t think anyone expected that, the defending champ clearly not in his best racing shape after coming back from an Achilles injury. But he probably knows he can\u2019t stretch it out as he would ordinarily, the others go with him, and with 700m to go, almost anyone can win. This is going be a kicking contest, and what we\u2019re seeing a fair bit in championships is someone surprising coming on strong in the final 50m. At the bell, Mehary leads from Kimeli and Gressier, the 10000m champ, is also in the mix!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The pace increases again, Gebrhiwet still leading and looking comfy, as Fisher moves alongside and past. Mills is miles off the back now, I\u2019m not sure why \u2013 the pace is quick but not that quick \u2013 and through 3000m, there are 14 in the main group, all with a chance of something.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Now Gebrhiwet hits the front as we near the halfway stage, Fisher and You0ng behind, then Mehary of Ethiopia; Mills is miles off, five metres behind Ingebrigtsen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n At 1870m, Young leads from Gebrhiwet, the Americans taking it in turns to lead as the pace slows a little.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Back with the women\u2019s high jump, they\u2019re up to 1.97 with Olyslagers and Mahuchikh already over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Now Fisher, Young and Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia inject some pace, briefly escaping before the pack catch up; George Mills of GB is at the back, behind Ingebrigtsen; 1200m or so gone.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cole Hocker, America\u2019s Olympic 1500m champ, disqualifed from that event here for schlepping himself between the men boxing him, leads. Behind him is Fisher, then Robinson of Australia and Young, also of USA.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I really wish I could spend the next hour deconstructing an absolute epic, but for reasons of telly, I imagine \u2013 and perhaps perceived attention-spans too \u2013 the races come so quickly we\u2019ve no time to reflect nor build up. There are worse ills \u2013 it\u2019s hard to whinge when there\u2019s a men\u2019s 5000m final just starting \u2013 but another 15 minutes of interviews and analysis is the least atyletes and viewers deserve.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Watching the finish again, I guess if Hodgkinson goes a little later, she might see it out, but Odira ran a perfect race and actually had plenty left at the end. An amazing performance to seize a brilliant race \u2013 the top three all run under 1.55 \u2013 and I can\u2019t wait to watch them go at it again, all the more so once Werro has had another winter strengthening.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hunter Bell, meanwhile, ran her race and diddled her mate on the line, almost thrusting an arm across her to make sure she hauled herself over the line first. She and Hodgkinson are hugging, which is lovely to see; both of them look chuffed with how it shook out, and we might just be seeing the start of something. If Odira can run that time in a final, she\u2019s not going away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In the end, Hodgkinson didn\u2019t quite have the speed endurance to see it out \u2013 she\u2019s been out a year after all. Odira, who no one knew could run this fast, waited and waited, having not blown herself out keeping up with the pace, and that was a majestic performance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Lilian Odira of Kenya wins the women’s 80om in a championship record of 1.54.62<\/p>\n Georgia Hunter Bell takes silver and Keely Hodgkinson<\/a> bronze!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hodgkinson stretches them out, Hunter Bell is second, and into the home straight here comes Odira of Kenya! She\u2019s going to win!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Morra still leads at the bell, it\u2019s still quick, and Hodgkinson is still on the shoulder, Hunter Bell and Werro still nicely placed, but HERE COMES KEELY!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.44 EDT<\/p>\n Morra leads, Hodgkinson tucks in behind and it\u2019s quick for the first 200\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Mary Moraa of Kenya looks confident in lane two \u2013 she\u2019ll have to get off sharply to avoid being boxed, AND OFF WE GO!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The athletes are on the line, pacing, waiting for the joyous release of public suffering. This is going to be immense, and it\u2019s very, very nearly time,<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Now Hodgkinson looks nervous and in the studio, her coach says she wants a fast race, adding that, as we thought, Hunter Bell won\u2019t go with her if she puts it in early, but won\u2019t get too far away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWorth a mention of the Berlin Marathon if you are covering athletics I think,\u201d writes Ben Tuff. \u201cUnless it is London, we seem to so under-appreciate these epic events. No WR today because of the heat but Sawe won it at a canter. Great to see Akasaki in second, albeit four mins back. Wanjiru was a long way off her WR but much closer race for the women. <\/p>\n Also, some crazy people have been running around Battersea track in the Self Transcendence 24-hour Track Race for the last 23 hours and 42mins. The leader, Julien Cazorta, has completed 234km so far\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Goodness me, that is absurd. And the men\u2019s marathon final in this competition \u2013 judged by photo-finish \u2013 was one of most mind-boggling things I\u2019ve seen this year.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Aha, we\u2019re with the women\u2019s high jump now, Olyslagers of Australia clearing 1.93, first go and by miles; Ukraine\u2019s Mahuchikh does likewise, so too Patterson, also of Australia. Those are the three favourites, but we\u2019ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019re 12 minutes away\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I guess she\u2019s got the pressure of expectation, but the way she comes across, that\u2019s likely to inspire her. I\u2019d expect her to hit the front early, turn up the pace, and continue to so do. I imagine Werro goes with her, while Hunter Bell looks to leave it a little later to try and guarantee a medal, rather than unload the suitcase seeking gold to potentially end up with nowt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s so much confidence about Hodgkinson and rightly so. To come back last month after a full year off and to set the fastest time in the world this year is a serious statement. If the distance was 1500m, I\u2019d wonder if one of the others could foil her tactically by slowing it down and out-kicking, or running the finish out of her somehow, but over two laps, I\u2019m just not quite sure what you do to stop her running her fastest race and winning.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019ve yet to be shown any women\u2019s high jump, but Morgan Lake, the first British woman to hit 2.00m, has a dart at a medal. At 28, she\u2019s still improving on her PB, and her career might just be peaking.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It must take so much to coach Keely to beat Georgia and Georgia to beat Keely. I think, if Keely runs well, she\u2019s close to unbeatable because she\u2019s not far off the world record \u2013 before she got injured, she\u2019d planned a hack at it \u2013 and over just two laps, there\u2019s not much scope for things to go wrong tactically. If she\u2019s got her PB in here, she can just run it in the knowledge it\u2019ll probably be too hot for the rest.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It must seriously try the patience, waiting a whole meet to compete. And indeed, as I type, Jenny Meadows, Hodgkinson and Hunter Bell\u2019s coach, says \u201cI need this 800m to be out of my life\u201d. I think we can be certain BBC will be filming her during the race and I feel for her; I\u2019ve a mate who\u2019s a tennis coach, and he haaaaates it when his two charges face each other.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Our programme Photograph: World AthleticsShare<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n \u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306f \u2013 kon\u2019nichiwa \u2013 and welcome to the World Athletics Championships<\/a> \u2013 night nine!<\/p>\n I\u2019m afraid we\u2019re here: after this, it\u2019s over. But what a way to go out!<\/p>\n We begin with the women\u2019s high jump and what should be a really entertaining tussle between Nicola Olyslagers, the best in the world this year \u2013 so far \u2013 and Yeroslava Mahuchikh, the Olympic champion and world record-holder.<\/p>\n