Great Britain’s Amy Hunt won silver in a thrilling women’s 200m final to announce her arrival on the world stage on day seven of the World Athletics Championships, while 100m champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden became the first American woman to win the sprint double at the same world championships.
Hunt made a relatively slow start and was in danger of being left behind but recovered superbly to storm down the final straight, beating defending champion Shericka Jackson by just four-hundredths of a second for silver.
Jefferson-Wooden was well clear in a world-leading 21.68s, becoming the first woman since Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 2013 to complete the sprint double. Dina Asher-Smith was fifth, behind American Anavia Battle.
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson continued her bid for a maiden world title, winning her semi-final on Wednesday as compatriot and training partner Georgia Hunter Bell also progressed to the final.
Noah Lyles stormed to a fourth straight world 200m gold with a dominant performance in a star-studded men’s final, beating compatriot Kenny Bednarek and talented young Jamaican Bryan Levell with a blistering time of 19.51s. Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo ran 19.65s but could only managed fourth, while Britain’s Zharnel Hughes ran a season’s best of 19. 78 for fifth.
World Athletics Championships - Day 7
- Day 7 schedule, full timetable and results
- Noah Lyles wins fourth straight world 200m title in star-studded field
- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden wins world sprint double after claiming 100m crown
- Britain's Amy Hunt wins 200m silver with Dina Asher-Smith fifth
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson begins heptathlon title defence
- Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell qualify for final
- George Mills qualifies for 5000m final
- Rai Benjamin reinstated as world champion after controversial disqualification
Amy Hunt: 'I am showing you can do anything'
14:55 , Flo CliffordMore from Amy Hunt... “I have not stopped smiling or crying!” she grins.
“I just beat some amazing girls and I can't believe it.”
As if being an extremely accomplished runner wasn’t enough, she also has a degree from Cambridge, and she says she wants to show young athletes that they can both have a career on the track without sacrificing their education. “I am showing you can do anything, if you set your mind to you can be the best at anything.”
Asked how she’ll celebrate, she says: “Maybe some karaoke tonight!”
Dina Asher-Smith: 'All I can do is work and get better'
14:49 , Flo CliffordDina Asher-Smith chats to BBC Sport and is a little frustrated but happy for her teammate. “I am a bit disappointed in my race. I could have done better with executing and I have to go away and work on that.
“Amy [Hunt] did incredibly. Bless her.
“I am really disappointed, all I can do is work and get better. I didn't put the best race together for myself.
“Coming into this, I felt so good and I'm excited to go away, do a little world tour and scope out where I'm going to be basing myself.
“Overall, I am very happy. I wish I could have executed that better but it is what it is.”
Amy Hunt: 'I am so proud of myself'
14:46 , Flo CliffordAmy Hunt has a lovely interview with BBC Sport. She says: “As soon as I saw my mum I just burst into tears. I knew I could do it. I knew I could do it!
“As long as I put in a good turn off the bends and then I was like … expletives – a lot of them! I was like Oh my god, I am about to do this. I was just like keep going, keep going, keep going! Stay strong!
“I am so proud of myself. Moments before the race I just thought about my grandad, I knew he was watching over me. I have a tattoo of him on my arm of his name. I knew he was going to guide me. I am just so proud of myself, my whole team, for putting this together.”
George Mills reacts to qualifying for men's 5000m final
14:30 , Jack Rathborn“I think heats are always deceptive. You want to save as much energy as possible and just get through it without too many issues. And I think I managed to do that today. I had to run a little bit wider than I'd want to in places just to get the position, but I was where I wanted to be when it picked up, because once it picks up, it's hard to close the gaps.
“So I wanted to be there and just be ready to qualify on the top eight. (about hanging back early on) It's just my race plan and knowing what cues I want to move with and how I want to set up myself and where I feel the most comfortable, it’s something that works for me.”
Jefferson-Wooden wins sprint double, silver for GB's Hunt
14:29 , Flo CliffordTears of joy for Amy Hunt as she goes to celebrate with her family, she cannot believe it. Just amazing.
Jefferson-Wooden wins sprint double, silver for GB's Hunt
14:28 , Flo CliffordAmy Hunt screams in delight as she realises she’s won a world silver medal! An enormous, enormous achievement. 22.14 for the Brit.
Shericka Jackson, the defending champion, has been dethroned but hangs on for bronze in 22.18.
Jefferson-Wooden’s winning time was 21.68, miles away from everyone else. Hunt’s final 50m was superb, just a fraction quicker over the line than Jackson.
Women's 200m final
14:26 , Flo CliffordThey get away cleanly, great start by Asher-Smith, Hunt has been left behind but Jefferson-Wooden powers away round the bend - Jefferson-Wooden is miles away from everyone!
Hunt storms through for silver!
Women's 200m final
14:25 , Flo CliffordLet’s go again...
Strachan disqualified from women's 200m final
14:25 , Flo CliffordStrachan is disqualified; she goes over to have a look at her time and nods her acceptance.
Women's 200m final
14:24 , Flo CliffordFalse start! Strachan moved way too early; BBC Sport comms suggest she is possibly struggling to get into the ‘set’ position with that injury she’s carrying.
Women's 200m final
14:23 , Flo CliffordNo time to reflect on that however as it’s time for the women’s 200m final.
It’s another star-studded field: defending champion Shericka Jackson was the quickest qualifier, but Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the new 100m champion, has looked phenomenal all week - all year, in fact.
British hopes Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt, the latter the third-quickest qualifier, will hope to disrupt the favourites. Hunt has a great lane, in five just on the inside of Jefferson-Wooden.
Veteran 36-year-old Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith is here too, as are Anthonique Strachan (with a lot of strapping after pulling up in the semi-final), Mckenzie Long, Brittany Brown, and Anavia Battle.
Pichardo wins men's triple jump final
14:20 , Flo CliffordSo much drama in the men’s triple jump final: Andrea Dallavalle is guaranteed a medal but Cuba’s Lazaro Martinez pulls up before he’s able to jump and hobbles away, clutching his hamstring, and it’s bronze for him.
Pedro Pichardo of Portugal has one more jump to go, and he more than rises to the occasion, with a world-leading 17.91 for gold!
The world champion from 2022 regains his title and goes to celebrate with his team, shouting “Who is the best!” at them after doing the same to the camera. Fair enough.
Men's triple jump final
14:16 , Flo CliffordScreams and cheers from Italy’s Andrea Dallavalle, who leapfrogs the medallists into provisional gold with an enormous personal best of 17.64.
His jumping style is compared to world record holder Jonathan Edwards, which is some compliment...
And he is guaranteed a medal as Algeria’s Yasser Mohammed Triki fails to better that with his final jump.
Noah Lyles wins men's 200m final
14:12 , Flo CliffordLyles raised four fingers as he crossed the line for his four world titles. Some achievement.
Great to see young Jamaican Bryan Levell with another superb run, a beaming smile on his face with that bronze.
Noah Lyles wins men's 200m final
14:09 , Flo CliffordLyles wins in 19.52s, just a hundredth of a second off his semi-final time, with compatriot Bednarek second in a season’s best 19.58 and Levell third in a personal best time of 19.64.
The Olympic champion Tebogo ran a season’s best of 19.65 but is left down in fourth.
Zharnel Hughes is fifth in 19.78, another season’s best, the remaining three runners all over 20 seconds. That’s a good run from the Briton, so close to the British record of 19.73.
Men's 200m final
14:08 , Flo CliffordThey’re waiting for a while in the blocks... but they’re off!
Hughes is quickly caught by Bednarek, Levell leads from Lyles but it’s the American who takes it! A fourth straight world title for Noah Lyles!
Men's 200m final
14:06 , Flo CliffordLyles was the quickest qualifier in a rapid 19.51s, a world-leading time this year.
10 years after he first made the World Champs final, Zharnel Hughes is the oldest of the competitors at 30.
He’s on the outside, with Bednarek, Levell, Lyles and Tebogo inside him, in that order.
Oagnda, Makarawu and Dambile are the last three finalists.
Lyles does a bit of screaming as he’s introduced. Levell and Tebogo - the Olympic champ - look much cooler.
Men's 200m final
14:04 , Flo CliffordOnto the men’s 200m final and this should be an absolute firecracker.
Lyles, Levell, Tebogo, Bednarek... and GB’s Hughes vying to knock them all off their perch.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson happy with first day of heptathlon
14:00 , Jack Rathborn"It's a tough timetable today, I can't lie, it's a solid first day for me, I've had a lot worse, but I've had better. I just need to recover. My day two has got better in recent years, I'm excited for tomorrow, excited for the long jump. Third overall, that's really good."
Keely Hodgkinson reveals warm up problem before semi-finals
13:59 , Jack Rathborn“It's an interesting one. It doesn't feel good out there. Not really - I think the whole warm up situation - you're warming up for almost two hours, can be quite draining. So maybe I could look at doing something better when it comes to Sunday
“I'm happy to be in my fifth world finals in a row. I'm really happy to do that and be in contention for another medal.
“This would mean more to me than last year, just the journey here makes it that much sweeter. And it's so difficult to get here anyway, and then to come here and perform, especially off the year that I've had. So I'm just, I'm grateful to be running, and I just want to put together a performance I'm proud of, and I want to be able to say, I left it all out there.”
Rai Benjamin reinstated as world champion after controversial disqualification
13:53 , Jack RathbornThe USA’s Rai Benjamin was temporarily disqualified minutes after winning the gold medal in a controversial men’s 400m hurdles in Tokyo.
The American knocked over the final hurdle, before coming home in first with a blazing time of 46.52secs.
But his collision on the last hurdle moved it into the path of Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel, who was initially fourth and just outside of the medals, handing the Olympic champion a disqualification for several minutes before the decision was reversed.
Rai Benjamin reinstated as world champion after controversial disqualification
Georgia Hunter Bell on qualifying for women's 800m final
13:52 , Jack Rathborn“I feel really good and just wanted to get the job done. Today felt a lot better than yesterday. I felt like I just needed a run out.
“This is really cool tonight, like, when we were in Miyazaki training in the morning – Trev did that on purpose - it was like hell, so that when we came here, it wouldn't feel bad! And yeah, this is like a nice British summer's evening!
“I like getting through the rounds as smooth as possible. I think at this level, it's how you can recover the quickest and do everything to be your best for Sunday. So the goal is to do everything to get through comfortably without using everything you've got to come.”
Bol dominant in Women's 400m hurdles
13:33 , Jack RathbornFemke Bol with a superb run, the Dutch athlete is dominant without Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
It’s 51.54secs for Bol, then Jones in silver with a PB (52.08secs) and Zapletalova and a new Slovakian national record (53.00secs) for bronze.
A disaster for the Americans, really, only one grabbing a medal. Anna Cockrell went off hard but faded to fourt, while Dalilah Muhammad was way back in seventh.
Warholm, Benjamin and Dos Santos battle in Men's 400m hurdles
13:26 , Jack RathbornWarholm is out quick, making up ground, but Benjamin is out with him, the American looks to be ahead at half-way...
Benjamin is too strong, he’s storming down the straight, Warholm can’t come back, but oh no!
The Olympic champion batters the last barrier, is he in trouble? No, he’s too far clear and it’s gold in 46.54secs!
Warholm was nowhere, he’s out of the medals, a disaster for the Norwegian.
Warholm suffers men's 400m hurdles upset
13:22 , Jack Rathborn
Dos Santos claims bronze behind imperious Benjamin
13:21 , Jack RathbornAlison Dos Santos, out in lane nine, came home for silver, 0.32secs behind, while Qatar's Ismail Doudai Abakar nabbed the bronze.
That was close, too, with Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel just five hundredths back.
Keely Hodgkinson: 'Semi is the final before the final'
13:14 , Flo CliffordKeely Hodgkinson looks very relaxed as she chats to BBC Sport. “Happy with that, it wasn't anything special, getting through, getting around,” like it’s easy, which I suppose it is for her.
“It's my fifth global final at 23, so I'm proud of that, it's an achievement. I'll have a nice day off tomorrow. It's tough out there, no pacemaker, no lights, that's what makes championship racing so different and interesting. But me and G in the final, so happy.
“I was having a cheeky look [up at the screen in the home straight], but the semi-final is the final before the final.”
Two British women into 800m final
13:10 , Flo CliffordSo Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell both progress to the final, with Kenyans Mary and Sarah Moraa (no relation) and Lilian Odira looking threatening, Odira the fastest of the qualifers. Swiss record holder Audrey Werro is safely through too.
Jess Hull and Sage Hurta-Klecker go through as the next fastest two from the semis.
Women's 800m semi-finals
13:08 , Flo CliffordMoraa is helped up by medical staff and she’s grimacing, not quite sure what happened there as she ran incredibly smoothly. Fingers crossed she is okay.
Women's 800m semi-finals
13:07 , Flo CliffordWow, Sarah Moraa finishes really strongly and it looks like she pips Hodgkinson on the line!
A new personal best for the young Kenyan... ah, the photo finish gives it to Hodgkinson.
Another beaming smile from Jess Hull because she and Sage Hurta-Klecker have made it into the final.
Moraa has a lot of strapping on her leg and is on the track, is she okay?
Women's 800m semi-finals
13:05 , Flo CliffordIt’s a fairly steady pace but Hodgkinson looks to wind it up now, forcing Bourgoin of France to come round her... the Frenchwoman latches onto her shoulder.
Women's 800m semi-finals
13:04 , Flo CliffordHodgkinson sets off with some real intent, Abbey Caldwell of Australia too.
Hodgkinson slots into the front.
Women's 800m semi-finals
13:03 , Flo CliffordOnto the final semi.
Keely Hodgkinson is the clear favourite in this one. She looks a tad nervous, if I’m not imagining things. She blows a kiss to the crowd.
Women's 800m semi-finals
13:00 , Flo CliffordKenyan Mary Moraa watches from the sideline and claps in delight at her compatriot Lilian Odira winning that heat.
1:57.15 is Jess Hull’s Oceanian record, 1:57.62 Sage Hurta-Klecker’s season’s best.
Tsige Duguma just went backwards in that final straight.
Women's 800m semi-finals
12:59 , Flo CliffordNakaayi, the 2019 Doha champion is there.... Werro leads from Duguma still but Odira is finishing strongly!
Hull is getting run out of it and Odira in fact comes through to win from Werro!
1:56.85 is the winning time.
Hull has set an Oceanian record, what a brilliant run! She’s thrilled with that, as she should be. She and American Hurta-Klecker, who has run a season’s best, move into the top two next best spots.
Women's 800m semi-finals
12:57 , Flo CliffordDuguma moves to the front quickly and there’s a bit of a tussle between her and Werro for the lead, the Swiss just edging in front.
Hull is way at the back but starts moving up and winds it up well for third.
Two to go through automatically...
Women's 800m semi-finals
12:56 , Flo CliffordOnto the second of the three 800m semi-finals.
2019 world champion Halimah Nakaayi and Swiss star Audrey Werro are in this one.
Australia’s Jess Hull has been advanced to this after being tripped up in her heat.
Women's heptathlon - shotput
12:53 , Flo CliffordHall is looking a serious threat in the heptathlon and she looks very pleased as she sets a new lifetime best of 15.32m in the shotput.
That’s the best throw so far, Nafi Thiam has thrown 14.85 with her first attempt.
In the other group, KJT has thrown 13.37 and 12.26. One more attempt to go.
Georgia Hunter Bell: 'Pretty perfect' race
12:50 , Flo Clifford“Pretty perfect” is Hunter Bell’s assessment of that race. “I just wanted to settle in and come top two. It felt a lot smoother than yesterday, happy to get the job done and now 48 hours to chill out.
“Today [Moraa] was pretty honest with the pacing, I was determined to not break my rhythm. She did a really good job!”
“I knew I’d be able to get out of whatever situation I’m in,” she says confidently of that very dicey moment when she was boxed in in third.
Women's 800m semi-finals
12:47 , Flo CliffordIt opens up a little for Hunter Bell and she moves clear with Moraa, finishing a little behind the Kenyan and they’re the two qualifiers. That looked dicey for a moment but she didn’t panic and came through nicely.
1.58.40 is the winning time. Moraa looks to be growing into this competition.
Women's 800m semi-finals
12:46 , Flo CliffordGoule-Toppin comes past Hunter Bell and she’s in danger of being swamped. She’s looking for a gap on the inside but a little boxed in...
Women's 800m semi-finals
12:45 , Flo CliffordMoraa comes to the front, Hunter Bell latching onto her shoulder. It’s a reasonable pace so far. 500m to go.
Women's 800m semi-finals
12:43 , Flo CliffordBack onto the track now for the women’s 800m semi-finals.
Keely Hodgkinson looked pretty imperious in her heat, without really having to go up a gear.
Georgia Hunter Bell also won hers in fine style; she’s up in the first semi, with Mary Moraa, Daily Cooper Gaspar and Claudia Hollingsowrth the others to watch.
Men's 5000m heats
12:36 , Flo CliffordA season’s best for Ingebrigtsen, incidentally: 13:42.15.
Men's 5000m heats
12:35 , Flo CliffordIngebrigtsen is in a spot of bother... Mills is slipping back, it’s a hairy moment but he holds on for fourth.
Mehary wins from 10,000m champ Gressier.
Ingebrigsten clinches the final qualifying spot!
Men's 5000m heats
12:33 , Flo CliffordInto the final two laps and Mills has moved himself right back up into third.
Ingebrigtsen is moving up and around 12 athletes are clear as they take the bell...
Men's 5000m heats
12:33 , Flo CliffordEritrea’s Amanuel injects a bit of pace at the front. Mills has slipped a bit further back.
Fisher has decided to get himself out of here, taking Laros, Mehary and Kemboi with him at the front.
Oh no, Laros has stopped! He’s injured, he hobbles to the side and buries his head in his hands. What a shame.
Men's 5000m heats
12:30 , Flo CliffordGeorge Mills now looks to wind things up a bit, Niels Laros is hot on his heels, and they slot in behind Fisher at the front - essentially alongside him.
Five laps to go.
Men's 5000m heats
12:28 , Flo CliffordThe runners are a lot more bunched together than in the first heat, with Fisher of the USA leading alongside Kemboi of Kenya.
Mills and Laros are still right at the back, not far off Ingebrigtsen.
Men's 5000m heats
12:25 , Flo CliffordIngebrigtsen’s season has been derailed by an Achilles injury and he didn’t make it through the 1500m heats, but this in theory is a better event for him - even with the injury.
With 1400m gone George Mills is very far back, 19th in this field along with Laros and Ingebrigtsen.
Nine laps to go.
Men's 5000m heats
12:20 , Flo CliffordOnto the second heat. Two 1500m stars who endured disappointing races this time round, Niels Laros and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, are in action.
Newly-crowned 10,000m champ Jimmy Gressier of France is in this heat too, and Grant Fisher of the USA.
As is GB’s George Mills - what can he do?
Men's 5000m heats
12:18 , Flo CliffordIsaac Kimeli of Belgium wins, with Kenya’s Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang, Cole Hocker and Nico Young of the USA, Australia’s Ky Robinson, Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia, Dutchman Mike Foppen and Frenchman Etienne Daguinos the remaining qualifiers.
Men's 5000m heats
12:16 , Flo CliffordKimeli leads from Kipsang, Hocker is powering down the home straight - those are our three first qualifiers.
Almgren, the 10,000m bronze medallist, is out, finishing ninth! Did he miscount how many of them were in the leading group, or was he totally spent?
Men's 5000m heats
12:15 , Flo CliffordHocker has slipped back to around sixth place, he’s a bit boxed in ahead of this final lap.
There are eight places available in the final from this heat and about 10 in this leading group...
Men's 5000m heats
12:14 , Flo Clifford600m to go and poor old Mori looks to maybe have cramp, he’s certainly really hurting.
Everyone is just clinging on, Almgren still leads from Young and Catrofe.
Men's 5000m heats
12:11 , Flo CliffordHocker appears to slow the pace down, not happy to still be leading this one, and Almgren eventually takes it up for him. 1700m or so to go.
Still all spread out.
Men's 5000m heats
12:08 , Flo CliffordThe temperature has dropped by around 10 degrees over the last day; that downpour last night has no doubt contributed to the much more pleasant conditions.
Hocker is still leading at the 2000m mark, with Catrofe and Young comfortably behind him along with Almgren.
Men's 5000m heats
12:06 , Flo CliffordCole Hocker has certainly gone out with some purpose. He’s leading with 1200m raced and spreading this field out, almost into single file.
Men's 5000m heats
12:01 , Flo CliffordThere’s a big cheer for Japan’s Nagiya Mori as they line up for the first of two 5000m heats.
US champion Cole Hocker is going for redemption here after being disqualified in the 1500m.
Men's 5000m heats
11:58 , Flo CliffordUp next, George Mills is in action in the men’s 5000m heats.
Jack Rathborn spoke to the famously ascetic Briton ahead of his Tokyo campaign:
The unorthodox preparation behind George Mills’ relentless pursuit of glory
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:50 , Flo CliffordJade O’Dowda and Abigail Pawlett were joint-seventh in the high jump, with 978 points, having cleared 1.80m.
1,054 points for KJT with her 1.86m clearance, along with Kate O’Connor and Sofie Dokter, while Thiam and Hall take 1,093 for clearing 1.89m.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:46 , Flo CliffordIn Group B, Britain’s Abigail Pawlett has cleared a personal best of 1.80m, a great way to bounce back after that fall in the hurdles.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:45 , Flo CliffordNeither Hall nor Thiam can clear 1.92m, and it’s now onto the shot put.
With two events complete, Hall leads Thiam from Johnson-Thompson in the overall standings.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:37 , Flo CliffordFive athletes left.
Thiam clears 1.89m on her first go, seemingly hitting her stride. Hall, Dokter, O’Connor and KJT all miss their first and second...
And Hall is the only one to clear it on her last go. KJT is out of the high jump, and that’s a blow in a really strong event for her. Every point counts.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:22 , Flo CliffordIreland’s O’Connor screams in delight as she clears 1.86m, a new lifetime best!
Thiam clears it too and that’s a sigh of relief for the two-time world champion.
Johnson-Thompson, her arch-rival, must clear it now... she does it!!
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:20 , Flo CliffordMuch better from Hall, who gets some good height over the bar at 1.86m.
The Netherlands’ Sofie Dokter is very pleased as she clears it too on her second attempt.
Ooh, Thiam is giving away a lot of points here as she brings the bar down on her second attempt...
Advantage KJT, can she take it? Oh, no.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:16 , Flo CliffordSo far Hall, O’Connor, and Thiam have all knocked the bar at 1.86m... what can KJT do?
Ahh, she knocks it too, directly into the bar. Not a great jump.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:13 , Flo CliffordOoh, O’Dowda is close, but it’s another failure at 1.83m and she’s out of the high jump.
Saga Vanninen, the world indoor pentathlon champion, goes out too.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:11 , Flo CliffordO’Dowda has another failure at 1.83m, can she pull it out of the bag on her final go? She seems to take off very close to the bar, almost underneath it, they note on BBC Sport comms, which is preventing her getting enough space.
Thiam clears it with ease on her second go.
Finland’s Vanninen will have one more try after two failures.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:09 , Flo CliffordAnna Hall jumps 1.83m with ease, and the American is looking very brisk and businesslike.
Thiam soars way over the bar but knocks it with her heel on the way down! O’Dowda has a first failure at this height too.
The bar wobbles a fraction for KJT but stays upright, thankfully.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:05 , Flo CliffordBrooks clatters the bar on her final attempt at 1.80m and that’s her out of the high jump. Disappointing after such a great start in the hurdles.
Spain’s Vicente brings it down too, having been bidding for a personal best at 1.80m.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:03 , Flo CliffordO’Dowda clears 1.80m on her third and final clearance! A great jump and she looks very relieved.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
11:02 , Flo CliffordO’Dowda fouls twice at 1.80, the second time agonisingly close but clipping it on the way down.
KJT also has a foul at this height, as does fastest hurdler Brooks.
Thiam, Hall, and second-placed Kate O’Connor have cleared it though.
Johnson-Thompson clears it on her second attempt! Sailing over.
Women's heptathlon - high jump
10:53 , Flo CliffordOnto the high jump now. The Paris podium of Anna Hall, Nafi Thiam and Katarina Johnson-Thompson have all cleared 1.77, as has Jade O’Dowda.
Abigail Pawlett has continued and she’s cleared 1.68.
Women's heptathlon - 100m hurdles
10:48 , Flo CliffordPoor Abigail Pawlett was going really well in the third and final heat before clipping the last hurdle and hitting the deck in a heap. She’s in tears after the event and we hear that she is being checked over before continuing.
Women's heptathlon - 100m hurdles
10:42 , Flo CliffordCoverage is now showing replays of the hurdles, the opening event of the heptathlon.
KJT made a great start but O’Dowda was hugely impressive, accelerating to win the heat with a personal best. The pair were both beaming as they crossed the line, KJT clearly thrilled for her teammate.
What happened on day six?
10:35 , Flo CliffordMelissa Jefferson-Wooden looked in stunning form as she cruised into the 200 metres final at the world championships in 22 seconds flat on Thursday, while Britain’s Amy Hunt ran a personal best to make a strong bid for a medal.
American Jefferson-Wooden, who won the 100 metres crown on Sunday, was well clear at the bend and took her semi-final comfortably despite easing up at the line.
“Everything is lining up the way it was supposed to. I am a bit tired now but to be able to show up today and perform well is great,” said the 24-year-old.
“I believe I can win gold. It would be so easy to give up or not to step out of my comfort zone, but I want to do things no one thought I could do.”
Jefferson-Wooden on track for double gold as Hunt leads British 200m hopes
What happened on day six?
10:25 , Flo CliffordKeely Hodgkinson has spent three frustrating weeks scratching around Japan, itching for her World Athletics Championships to start.
When the time came, it took her just under two minutes to underline why she is such a firm favourite for gold.
The 800m Olympic champion breezed through her first-round race in Tokyo and though her heat-winning time was not eye-catching, it left the impression that there is much more to come after a job very well done.
Keely Hodgkinson dismisses boredom to start World Championships in style
What happened on day six?
10:18 , Flo CliffordPouring rain and gusting winds do not make for fast times but then Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is no normal athlete.
In appalling conditions at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the world’s greatest 400m hurdler added a first global flat title to her name in the fastest 400m race in history, almost taking down an unbreakable record.
Only twice before had a woman ever broken the 48-second barrier and both of those runs came in the 1980s era of state-sponsored doping.
That group of two doubled as McLaughlin-Levrone edged out Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino, crossing the line in 47.80 seconds, exactly two tenths off Marita Koch’s world record that until recently, had been deemed the most unbreakable in the sport.
Given the conditions, this will go down as one of the greatest performances over any distance, in one of the greatest races.
Impossible conditions can’t stop Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone making history
Women's heptathlon - 100m hurdles
10:10 , Flo CliffordAfter one event, American Taliyah Brooks leads the standings with a blistering time of 12.93, the only sub-13 time.
Paris bronze medallist Anna Hall is third, Jade O’Dowda best of the Brits so far in seventh, KJT ninth and her big rival Nafi Thiam down in 15th.
Abigail Pawlett is last in 23rd.
Next up, the high jump...
Women's heptathlon - 100m hurdles
10:03 , Flo CliffordGreat start for Britain’s Jade O’Dowda, who wins her hurdles heat in a personal best time of 13.34!
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is second is a season’s best of 13.44, while her major rival and fellow two-time world champ Nafi Thiam is fifth in a season’s best of her own, 13.61.
But there’s disappointment for Britain’s Abigail Pawlett, who falls over the final hurdle and hits her head, ouch. She gets back up and manages to finish in 14.70 but is frustrated with that.
Athletes to watch
09:57 , Flo CliffordThe men’s 200m final is set to be a four-way shootout between reigning champion Noah Lyles, who ran a season’s best of 19.51 to qualify quickest from the semi-finals; Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo; Jamaica’s Bryan Levell and Lyles’ American rival Kenny Bednarek.
In the women’s race, it’s hard to see past newly-crowned 100m champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, but she’ll face fierce competition from defending champion and fastest qualifier Shericka Jackson and another trio of Americans in Mckenzie Long, Anavia Battle and Brittany Brown.
Athletes to watch
09:50 , Flo CliffordOutside the British contingent, there are plenty of stars in action on day seven.
Johnson-Thompson is up against another two-time world champion in Nafi Thiam, who edged her for gold in an extraordinarily close Paris Olympic final. The Belgian took 12 months after that to return to action but the Briton has warned that her rival isn’t one to write off.
Hodgkinson will be wary of Kenya’s defending world champion Mary Moraa, while Switzerland’s Audrey Werro has smashed her personal best and national records multiple times this year.
Dutch superstar Femke Bol is the hot favourite, as always, for gold in the women’s 400m hurdles, while the men’s is set to be a showdown between Rai Benjamin and defending champion Karsten Warholm, the two fastest men this year.
Brit-watch
09:40 , Flo CliffordTwo-time world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson is the first of the Brits in action as she begins her heptathlon title defence.
She’s joined by teammates Jade O’Dowda and Abigail Pawlett in this morning’s action.
In the men’s 5000m heats George Mills will be taking on the likes of heavyweights Grant Fisher and 1500m rivals Jakob Ingrebrigtsen, Niels Laros and Cole Hocker.
Later on, Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell will bid for a spot in the 800m final, while Zharnel Hughes, Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith aim to upset the favourites in the 200m finals.
How to watch the World Athletics Championships
09:32 , Flo CliffordThe World Athletics Championships are broadcast live on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Today’s coverage begins at 10am BST on BBC Two.
What's on the agenda on day 7?
09:26 , Flo CliffordKatarina Johnson-Thompson begins her title defence in the women’s heptathlon, with hurdles, high jump, shot put and the 200m on the cards on a busy first day.
Keely Hodgkinson continues her campaign for 800m world gold in the semi-finals, with teammate and Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell also in action after winning her heat.
There are five medal events to be decided: the men’s triple jump, men’s 400m hurdles and women’s 400m hurdles, with a packed evening schedule concluding with what is sure to be a blockbuster pair of 200m finals.
What's on the agenda on day 7?
09:19 , Flo Clifford09:33Women’s 100m Hurdles Heptathlon
10:20Women’s High JumpHeptathlon
11:30Women’s Javelin Throw- Qualification, Group A
12:05Men’s 5000m - Heats
12:30Women’s Shot Put Heptathlon
12:45Women’s 800m - Semi-Final
12:50Men’s Triple Jump - Final
13:00Women’s Javelin Throw- Qualification, Group B
13:15Men’s 400m Hurdles - Final
13:27Women’s 400m Hurdles - Final
13:38Women’s 200m Heptathlon
14:06Men’s 200m - Final
14:22Women’s 200m - Final
Welcome
09:12 , Flo CliffordHello and welcome to live coverage of day seven of the World Athletics Championships!
Plenty of the biggest stars are in action today, from Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson to four-time world 200m champion Noah Lyles, with five medal events on the cards.
Follow all the build-up, action and results right here.
