Nathan Deakes overcomes the humid conditions to take gold in the 50km walk ahead of Yohan Diniz and Alex Schwazer

Maurice Smith of Jamaica leads Dmitriy Karpov in the 110m hurdles and consolidates his strong position in the decathlon

Smith is the only competitor to throw over 50m in the discus and looks like the man to beat with three events to go

A personal best from Smith in the pole vault gives the Jamaican a 111-point lead going into the javelin and 1500m

But a winning throw of 71.18m in the javelin rockets Roman Sebrle into the lead of the decathlon field ahead of the 1500m

Sebrle keeps Smith in his sights during the 1500m and does enough to seal his first World Championship decathlon title

Emily Freeman hands over to Joice Maduaka as the British women's 4x100m relay team qualify for the final in 42.82secs

The USA's 4x100m relay team set the best time in qualification for the finals with 42.24secs

The Americans go on to take gold in the final in 41.98secs, with Britain finishing fourth behind Jamaica and Belgium

Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis takes bronze in the men's 100m relay, behind USA's Leroy Dixon and Asafa Powell of Jamaica

Lewis-Francis, Christian Malcolm, Marlon Devonish and Craig Pickering celebrate claiming Britain's fourth medal in Osaka

Australia's Kurt Fearnley overhauls leader Marcel Hug on the final lap to take gold in the men's 1500m wheelchair race

Canada's Chantal Petitclerc leads home Edith Hunkeler and Jessica Galli in the women's 1500m wheelchair final

Donna Fraser receives from Lee McConnell as Britain qualify for the women's 4x400m relay final behind the Americans

Martyn Rooney finishes strongly for Britain in the men's 4x400m and the quartet qualify for the final as fastest losers

Meseret Defar kicks strongly on the final bend to take gold in the women's 5000m, while Britain's Jo Pavey finishes ninth

American Brad Walker clears on the way to taking gold in the men's pole vault, ahead of Romain Mesnil and Danny Ecker