World Athletics Championships Day 5

Women's pole vault final

Olympic silver medallist Yarisley Silva has won the gold medal in the women's pole vault competition at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

The Cuban was the only woman to clear 4.90m, making the height with her final attempt after twice bringing the bar down.

Brazil's Fabiana Murer had just one failure on her way to taking on the 4.90 height, but had three straight misses to leave her with the silver medal.

Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw cleared 4.70m for the first time this season, but failed all three of her attempts at 4.80, ensuring a seventh-place finish.

Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr cleared her first two heights at the first time of asking, but also failed with her three attempts at 4.80, forcing the American to settle for fourth.

Greece's Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou was the first to clear the 4.80 bar, but could not make it over at 4.90 after passing at 4.85, ensuring that she took home the bronze.


Men's javelin final

Julius Yego has won Kenya's first ever gold medal in a field event at the World Athletics Championships, claiming victory in the men's javelin event in Beijing.

The 26-year-old, who also won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last year, posted a 92.72m throw, which is the third longest of all time.

His efforts left him almost 4m clear of Egypt's Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed, who took the silver, while Tero Pitkamaki of Finland, who finished second two years ago, secured the bronze with a distance of 87.64m.

Vitezslav Vesely, who was the defending champion, could only finish eighth, throwing 83.13m twice.


Women's 200m heats

Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith has set the fastest time in the heats for the women's 200m event at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

The world junior champion and British record holder lined up in the final heat, and comfortably set the fastest time of the afternoon, posting a new personal best in a time of 22.22, despite easing up before the line.

Bianca Williams was the first of the three Britons to take to the track, finishing second in the fourth heat to swiftly progress to the semis, running a season-best time of 22.85.

British champion Margaret Adeoye soon followed, finishing third to join her teammates in the semis in the fifth heat, which was won by Veronica Campbell-Brown, although replays showed that the Jamaican drifted out of her lane.

American's Candyce McGrone had the second fastest time, winning the first heat in 22.45, while 100m silver medallist Dafne Schippers also cruised through.


Women's 400m hurdles final

Czech athlete Zuzana Hejnova has successfully defended her 400m hurdles title, cruising to victory in the final at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Hejnova posted the fastest time of 2015, finishing the race in 53.50 seconds, leaving American Shamier Little to claim silver ahead of teammate Cassandra Tate.

The 28-year-old finished clear of the field after jumping the final barrier, allowing her to comfortably jog to the line to finish 0.44 seconds ahead of Little.

Britain's Elidh Child did enough to finish sixth.


Men's 200m semi-finals

Justin Gatlin has posted the fastest time in the semi-finals of the men's 200m event at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

The controversial American ran a strong bend in the second semi to come into the finishing straight comfortably ahead, crossing the finishing line in 19.87.

Defending champion Usain Bolt won the final of the three semis, easing off before the line to post his quickest time of the year, finishing in 19.96, just ahead of South Africa's Anaso Jobodwana.

British champion Zharnel Hughes won the first of the three heats, dipping early at the line to stop the clock at 20.14 seconds, securing his place in the final, while Jamaica's Nickel Ashmeade claimed second to also progress.


Women's 3000m steeplechase final

Kenya's Hyvin Jepkemoi has won the gold medal in the women's 3000m steeplechase event at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

After a slow start to the final, India's Lalita Babar stretched the field out with a quick middle kilometre, before Jepkemoi started to close the gap.

Jepkemoi, Habiba Ghribi of Tunisia and Germany's Gesa Krause were all in contention coming onto the finishing straight as Babar dropped back, but the Kenyan kicked hard to move away from her rivals, finishing in 9:19.11.

Ghribi clinced the silver, while Krause's time of 9:19.25 handed her the bronze and a new personal best.


Men's 400m final

South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk has set a new personal best to claim the gold medal in the men's 400m final at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Van Niekerk crossed the line at 43.48 seconds after bursting clear of the field in the opening 250m, forcing defending champion LaShawn Merritt of the USA to settle for the silver, despite also running a personal best.

Olympic champion Kirani James of Grenada finished strongly with his best time this season, but was unable to overhaul the two leaders in the final metres, picking up the bronze, with all three medallists running sub-44 seconds for the first time in the history of the event.

Great Britain's Rabah Yousif finished sixth in a time of 44.68.