World Athletics Championships Day 3

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce narrowly held off Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands to retain her 100m world title in Beijing.

Fraser-Pryce, 28, started strongly but was almost caught by Schippers on the line as she crossed in 10.76 seconds.

It was a sixth career gold at the World Championships for Fraser-Pryce, who won the 100m and 200m double in 2013.

Schippers, a heptathlete bronze medallist two years ago, finished ahead of American Tori Bowie in third.

It was a national record for 23-year-old Schippers, who only committed to sprinting in June,  while Bowie, 24, herself a former long jumper, collected her first major medal.

Fraser-Pryce, the fourth quickest woman of all time over 100m, expressed disappointment at not breaking her personal best of 10.70 seconds.

"I'm getting tired of 10.7s. I just want to put a good race together and hopefully in the next race I get the time I'm working for," she told BBC Sport.

"I definitely think a 10.6 is there. Hopefully I will get it together."


Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot has claimed her fourth world title and second gold medal in the 10,000m with victory in Beijing.

There was very little clues until the final 1,000m, with most of the competitors staying close to each other for much of the race after a slow start.

Cheruiyot grew in confidence on the final lap to take the lead with just over 200m remaining, and she held off the challenge of Ethiopia's Gelete Burka in the closing stages to win in a time of 31:41.31.


It was a dramatic finish to the battle for bronze as Molly Huddle celebrated just before the line, which allowed Emily Infeld to sneak through and beat her American teammate to a spot on the podium.


Canada's Shawnacy Barber has caused a shock by triumphing in the pole vault final at the World Athletics Championship.

Olympic champion and world-record holder Renaud Lavillenie was the firm favourite heading into the event, but the Frenchman's three failures forced him to share bronze.

Barber passed his opening four heights at the first attempt, and despite being unable to clear 6m, his victory was confirmed as defending champion Raphael Holzdeppe needed three vaults to equal the Canadian's effort of 5.90m.


Polish duo Piotr Lisek and Pawel Wojciechowski joined Lavillenie in a share of third spot with successful vaults of 5.80m as the latter failed to meet expectations in a dramatic final.


Ezekiel Kemboi continued his dominance in the 3000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships by claiming a fourth successive title in Beijing.

In a perfectly timed assault from the Kenyan, he stormed past his rivals in the final 200m to win comfortably in a time of 8:11.28 inside the Bird's Nest Stadium.

Kemboi's sprint finish was too much for the field to handle, and a Kenyan top three was confirmed as Conseslus Kipruto and Brimin Kiprop Kipruto picked up silver and bronze, respectively.


American Evan Jager had taken the lead at the start of the final lap, but he was unable to hold off the Kenyans as Jairus Kipchoge Birech and Daniel Huling finished ahead of him.