Christine Ohuruogu looks impressive as she makes her competitive comeback and reaches the 400m semi-finals Part-time health advisor Laura Turner makes easy progress into the 100m quarter-finals in 11.49 seconds It's a day to forget for Andrew Lemoncello in the steeplechase heat as he finishes last, describing it as "horrible" Jefferson Perez immediately collapses to the ground with cramp and receives help after winning the 20k walk title But it was an early bath for walker Andre Hohne, who plunges into the steeplechase water jump after being disqualified Heptathlon leader Carolina Kluft continues to dominate as she leaps to a season's best of 6.85m in the long jump Lyudmila Blonska beats Kluft's jump with a personal best leap of 6.88m to consolidate her silver medal position Britain's Kelly Sotherton also claims a personal best in the pit to remain in third spot behind Kluft and Blonska Kluft still leads going into the 800m, while Sotherton must beat Austra Skujyte by 2.5 seconds to snatch bronze Sotherton produces the required margin in the 800m to take bronze, finishing second behind Britain's Jessica Ennis Lyudmila Blonska takes silver, while Kluft celebrates her third world championship title and leads a lap of honour Asafa Powell leads his 100m semi-final but eases off to qualify second behind Derrick Atkins - Craig Pickering is off the pace Tyson Gay wins the other 100m semi-final in 10.00sec, while Britain's Marlon Devonish qualifies in second place Mark Lewis-Francis misses out on a place in the final in fifth place, just a hundredth of a second behind Olusoji Fasuba Tyson Gay overhauls Asafa Powell in the final of the men's 100m and claims the gold medal with a time of 9.85sec Derrick Atkins takes silver behind Gay and Powell collects bronze, while Britain's Marlon Devonish finishes sixth Valerie Vili snatches gold in the women's shot from defending champion Nadzeya Ostapchuk with a final throw of 20.54m
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