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American Kelli White bursts through the field to win the women's 100m gold medal in 10.89 secs

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White's impressive display sees her finish ahead of fellow American Torri Edwards and defending champion Zhanna Block

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Controversy hits the men's 100m quarter-finals, America's Jon Drummond stages a sit-down protest on the track after he is disqualified

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Adamant that he is not guilty of two false starts, Drummond refuses to budge despite efforts from officials to move him

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Great Britain's Dwain Chambers shrugs off the tension caused by Drummond's protest to clock a season's best time of 10.03 secs to reach the semis

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Heptathlon leader Carolina Kluft struggles in the long jump, but produces a massive leap of 6.68m with her last effort to increase her advantage

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Great Britain's Denise Lewis answers her critics with a battling display to eventually finish in fifth place behind Kluft

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Kluft seals gold with an excellent performance in the 800m to become only the third woman ever to break the 7,000-points barrier

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It's an Ethiopian one-two-three in the 10,000m as Kenenisa Bekele beats compatriots Haile Gebrselassie and Sileshi Sihine to the gold medal

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Russia's Yelena Nikolayeva reacts as she takes gold in the 20km walk in a time of 1:26:52

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Gillian O'Sullivan takes the silver medal behind Nikolayeva to give the Republic of Ireland their first medal at the Worlds since 1995

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Assad Ahmadi cuts a diminutive figure in the 100m heats as he becomes Afghanistan's first male athlete to compete at the games for 25 years