The eighth day of the championships gets underway with the men's marathon Defending champion Jaouad Gharib of Morrocco retains the title with a time of two hours 10 minutes 11 seconds Dan Robinson of Great Britain runs a brave race and crosses the finish line in 13th place Korea's Keun-Hyung Cho is placed onto a stretcher after finishing the marathon World record holder Yuliya Pechonkina wins the gold medal in the women's 400 metres hurdles Graham Hedman brings home Great Britain in first place to comfortably qualify for Sunday's 4x400m relay final Favourite Nadezhda Ostapchuk of Belarus wins gold in the women's shot put World 10,000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba retains her 5,000m crown to complete an historic double The French team win the men's 4x100m relay just ahead of Trinidad & Tobago, with Great Britain in third The relay bronze is Britain's first medal of any colour in a hugely disappointing World Championships There is more US success in the men's long jump as Dwight Phillips claims gold with a leap of 8.60m
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