Swedish shot-putter Helena Engman is watched by a sparse crowd early on day two in Berlin but there is plenty of excitement to come later in the day
Despite her shoelace coming undone with 400m to go, Jemma Simpson is one of three Brits to progress through the heats of the women's 800m
Iran's Leyla Rajabi makes an attempt in the qualification for the women's shot put, which reigning champion Valerie Vili dominates
Pieter Desmet of Belgium (far right) leads out of the water jump in qualifying for men's 3,000m steeplechase
Britain's Goldie Sayers finished fourth in Beijing but has since had to deal with a spinal injury and fails to qualify from the javelin heats
On day two of the heptathlon, Britain's Jessica Ennis takes a step closer to gold with a solid showing of 6.29m in the long jump, the first of three events on the final day
America's Carmelita Jeter is fastest in qualifying for the women's 100m, out-pacing Virgil Hodge of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Bahrain's Rakia Al-Gassrathe in her heat
Savannah Sanitoa of American Samoa is less speedy, running 14.23 sec, outside her personal best of 14.07
On the roads around Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, Russia's defending champion Olga Kaniskina wins the women's 20km walk title, beating Ireland's Olive Loughnane
Heptathlete Jess Ennis gets going again in the javelin. Not one of her strong events but a throw of 43.54m keeps her in a strong position with the dreaded 800m still to come
Time for triple jumping qualification. Phillips Idowu leads for a while but settles for a 17.32m leap with Nelson Evora grabbing a whopping 17.44. Larry Achike just fails to progress, while Nathan Douglas squeezes through
Christine Ohuruogu has to work hard in the final stretch to qualify for the 400m final. American rival Sanya Richards cruises through, but bad news for Britain's Nicola Sanders who just fails to progress
The last event of the heptathlon. Jess Ennis said before she dreaded this two-lap run. She needs to avoid a 12-second defeat to Kamila Chudzik but she storms past Dobrynska to win and become heptathlon champion
Ennis beats Germany's Jennifer Oeser by 238 points with Poland's Kamila Chudzik a further 22 points adrift in third. "The best two days of her life" the 23-year-old from Sheffield says
Time for the 100m boys to strut their stuff. It's a sensational showing from Usain Bolt. The Jamaican blows everyone away clocking 9.58. It's a new world record with Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell a few metres behind!
The famous celebration is exhibited in front of the world's photographers and a noisy Berlin crowd in the Olympic Stadium. Dwain Chambers finishes in a respectable sixth spot. What a show from Bolt though
The feet that do the talking. Can the triple Olympic champion make it three at the worlds? The 200m and the relay are coming up for the world's hottest sporting superstar
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