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Kenya's Catherine Ndereba takes the women's marathon gold in a new championship record time of two hours 23.55 minutes

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British triple jumper Jonathan Edwards receives a lifetime achievement award to mark his recent retirement

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Steve Backley fails to qualify for the last three throws in the javelin final, lying ninth at the halfway stage

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Russian Sergey Makarov launches a throw of 85.44m to take an early lead that proves enough to earn him the title

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Algeria's Djabir Said-Guerni dips ahead of Russia's Yuriy Borzakovskiy on the line to win the men's 800m title

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The US sprint relay team edge out Great Britain in the final few metres to win gold in the men's 4x100m relay

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The British team are left to reflect on what might have been after narrowly missing out on the sprint relay gold medal

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Hestrie Cloete of South Africa successfully defends her title in the women's high jump with a winning height of 2.06m

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Russia's Tatyana Tomashova produces a late burst to beat favourite Sureyya Ayhan and win the women's 1500m

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Hayley Tullett sets a new personal best in winning Britain's fourth medal of the championships with a bronze in the women's 1500m

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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge outsprints Hicham El Guerrouj in the final straight of the 5,000m to prevent the Moroccan taking a second gold

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Sanya Richards (right) anchors the USA home to another gold medal in the penultimate event, the women's 4x400m relay

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The US end the championships on a high when Jerome Young (centre) anchors them to win the 4x400m relay ahead of France (left)