In one of the first events, Betty Heidler throws the hammer 75.44m to win the competition and set a championship record

American Reese Hoffa adds to his world indoor title by posting a distance of 21.05m in the shot put

Russian Tatyana Lebedeva, the reigining Olympic champion, sees her jump of 6.92m earn her another win in the long jump

The 400m hurdles is won by Lashinda Demus who comes home ahead of a field that includes GB's Tasha Danvers-Smith

Also on the track, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi claims his first major title in over two years when he edges out Bram Som in the 800m

In the 200m, USA's Allyson Felix beats compatriot Sanya Richards in a championship record time of 22.11 seconds

World and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner adds to his titles and breaks the championship record in the 400m

After coming third in the European Championships, Kajsa Bergqvist ups her game to win the high jump in Stuttgart

Another championship record falls in the discus where Virgilijus Alekna records a winning distance of 68.63m

Cuban Yoandri Betanzos won the triple jump in last year's event and repeats the feat this time with a jump of 17.29m

The 3000m steeplechase is won by Alesia Turava to add to the European crown she won in Gothenburg last month

Xiang Liu comes home ahead of Dayron Robles in the 110m hurdles in 12.93 secs as another championship record falls

Ethiopian Tariku Bekele leads home an almost exclusively African field in the 3000m - GB's Mo Farah comes last

In the 1500m, Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal finishes ahead of Tatyana Tomashova to win for the second year running

There is also a close finish in the women's 5,000m - Tirunesh Dibaba (right) beats Ethiopian team-mate Meseret Defar

Barbora Spotakova wins javelin gold - her first-round throw of 66.21m means world number one Steffi Nerius is second

Jamaica's Asafa Powell (left) edges the 100m in a championship record 9.89 seconds from Leonard Scott