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Carl Myerscough fails to reach the final of the shot put after only managing 19.51 metres in qualifying

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Jefferson Perez wins the 20km walk in a new world-record time and becomes the first person to break a record at the championships since 1999

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Sweden's Carolina Kluft scores 4143 points after the first day of the heptathlon to stay 139 points clear of France's Eunice Barber

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Denise Lewis' bid for heptathlon gold starts sluggishly as she clears only 1.64m in the high jump, but later recovers to end the day in seventh

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Jonathan Edwards has few problems as he reaches the triple jump final, he needs just two jumps to record a best distance of 16.94m

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Great Britain's Kelly Holmes waits until the last 50m before surging to the line to finish second in her heat in the 800m

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Former world record holder Stacy Dragila soars over the bar during qualifying for the pole vault final

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Hot favourite for the 400m, Tyree Washington, saunters down the back straight as he wins his heat to qualify for the final

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Ethiopia's Berhane Adere leaves the rest of the 10,000m field for dead to win the first women's gold of the championships

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Adere's time of 30 minutes 04.18 seconds is the third-fastest time in history, and her compatriot Werknesh Kidane makes it an Ethiopian one-two

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Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus lets fly en route to winning shot putt gold with an impressive throw of 21.69m

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Mikhnevich celebrates his success, it is only the second event he has competed in since returning from serving a two-year doping ban