Faith Kipyegon is denied!

Beatrice Chebet outkicked her Kenyan team mate on the final straight, and adds the world 5,000m title to her Paris 2024 gold.

Kipyegon, the 1,500m champion, settles for silver while Italy's Nadia Battocletti takes bronze.

Gudaf Tsegay finishes fifth, leaving Ethiopia still without a gold at these games.

And a special mention for GB's Hannah Nuttall, who finishes eighth in her first ever global final. Not to be sniffed at.

Kipyegon, Chebet and Tsegay are all up there.

What a finish!

Last lap - and here comes Kipyegon!

American Josette Andrews takes the lead from Shelby Houlihan, it's a USA one-two.

Will the favourites get involved?

Hannah Nuttall is still up with the pack.

Whether or not she wins a medal, the Brit has done very well in her first global final.

Two laps to go...

Faith Kipyegon is making her move with three laps to go.

Gudaf Tsegay is still holding her fire.

Shelby Houlihan recently returned from a doping ban, which she claimed was caused by a dodgy burrito. Can she wrap up a controversial medal today?

Five laps to go.

Shelby Houlihan of USA leads, Hannah Nuttall is currently 12th.

Faith Kipyegon and Gudaf Tsegay are hanging out near the back of the field, but fellow favourite Beatrice Chebet has made a move to the front.

Varying tactics from the favourites, we shall see who is proven right.

Drama in the women's javelin final, where qualifying leader Adriana Vilagos was on the verge of elimination after just three throws.

Her third effort went 60.00m, putting her up to seventh - only the top 10 continue to the fourth throw.

Hannah Nuttall's father, John Nuttall, was a British Olympic athlete and a 5,000m Commonwealth bronze medallist.

He passed away in 2023 from a heart attack, aged 56. He would surely be very proud of his daughter racing in a World Championship final today.

Nuttall is currently around the middle of the pack with nine laps to go.

Greg Rutherford
Former world and Olympic long jump champion

Greg Rutherford on Katarina Johnson-Thompson winning a bronze medal in the heptathlon: "For me she's fantastic and again you have to talk about journeys. The injuries and issues she's overcome and every championship she steps up. I'm so proud of her.

"What's next for Katarina she's getting older and you can see the relief of that bonze medal. Will we see Katarina coming up for a world championships or Olympics?"

12 and a half laps of the track, under way.

It's not as broilingly hot as it was for the 1500m finals, so we don't need water stations.

While this final goes on, let's get some KJT reaction...

Faith Kipyegon says she is feeling good: “I have recovered well from the 1500m. I hope for great things on Saturday.”

The world 5,000m champion in 2023, the 1500m winner this year. Can she write her name in the history boks?

Four days after shedding tears of happiness as she watched her friend Faith Kipyegon win a fourth world 1500m title, Beatrice Chebet must now attempt to stop her from repeating her distance double from 2023.

Chebet is also seeking a second gold in Tokyo to replicate her twin Olympics success.

Ethiopia’s hopes of earning a first gold medal of these championships rest with Gudaf Tsegay, the 2022 winner who earned bronze in the 10,000m last Saturday.

British interest comes from Hannah Nuttall, after the national champion came seventh in her heat to earn a spot in her maiden global final.

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Phew, let's take a breath. Something to calm us down.

How about another final featuring British interest?

Jessica Ennis-Hill says she has never seen anything like this before.

And she's the heptathlon queen!

Anna Hall of the United States wins the heptathlon with 6888 points, with Ireland's Kate O'Connor second with 6714.

Then, remarkably, American Taliyah Brooks and Katarina Johnson-Thompson both finish on 6581 to share bronze.

Tears of happiness now for Katarina Johnson-Thompson - it's an incredibly draining event, especially with the compressed schedule in this championships.

A word for her team-mates - Jade O'Dowda's 10th place in the 800m sees her finish eighth overall, while Abigail Pawlett sadly isn't ranked after she had to withdraw from the last two events.

Everyone's looking absolutely baffled out there, but I think Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Taliyah Brooks have just about worked out now that they'll be sharing a place on the podium.

Smiles and hugs all-round.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

WHAT.

The bronze is SHARED!

That is just incredible.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson does not know how to react. I don't blame her!