Summary

  • Watch live - six British medal chances on final day of World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan (UK only, all times BST)

  • Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell takes silver and Keely Hodgkinson bronze as Kenya's Lilian Odira wins women's 800m

  • British team end championships with five medals after fourth in women's 4x100 relay final; men sixth in 4x400m

  • GB, set a target of top eight, finish 21st in medal table with no gold for first time since 2003

  • USA's Cole Hocker, disqualified in 1500m heats, claims men's 5000m gold, Britain's George Mills finishes down the field

  • GB captain Morgan Lake misses out on women's high jump medal

  • Get Involved: #bbcathletics, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

  1. Postpublished at 13:25 BST

    Well, that's all for the track events in Tokyo.

    Gold medals are still up for grabs in the women's high jump and men's discus, but the rain is delaying the field events.

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    Gold medal - USApublished at 13:21 BST

    Men's 4x100m final

    USA and Canada were almost neck and neck heading into the final changeover but in a contest between Noah Lyles and Andre De Grasse, there was only going to be one winner.

    USA take gold in a world leading time of 37.29 seconds. Canada take silver and Netherlands earn a surprise bronze, running a national record to edge Ghana.

    Noah LylesImage source, Getty Images
  3. Postpublished at 13:19 BST

    Men's 4x100m final

    So, there's no Great Britain, no Jamaica, no Italy, and no South Africa - all of whom featured on podiums at major championships in 2023 or 2024.

    You'd expect the gold medal battle to be between defending champions USA and Olympics champions Canada, but this rain could level the playing field.

  4. 'We've always won medals in the relay'published at 13:17 BST

    Women's 4x100m final

    Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
    Three-time world heptathlon champion on BBC TV

    That's not a nice statistic [first time with no GB relay medal since 2003].

    We understand championships are tough You come in with injuries and lots of things happen along the way and the pressure, but we have always won medals in the relay.

    I don't know if it's down to structuring of the team, the members, the staff, the funding - there's so many different parts and I'm sure GB will go away and look at this.

  5. Chaotic heats set up fascinating finalpublished at 13:15 BST

    Men's 4x100m final

    The concluding race of the championship will be missing some of its biggest names - and we aren't totally sure yet of everyone who will take part.

    Jamaica, who had individual 100m champion Oblique Seville in their ranks, dropped the baton in their heat to miss out on the final.

    And a similar fate befell the British team as Eugene Amo-Dadzie blundered and set off too early for his handover, leaving Jona Efoloko stranded with the baton.

    Italy have been disqualified from the men's 4x100m final for infringing South Africa, who were unable to finish their heat.

    The South African team were given a second chance at reaching the final through a solo run this morning - but they fell short of the target time and were knocked out all over again.

    The overwhelming favourites will be the USA, who progressed with ease and still have 200m champion Noah Lyles to add to their ranks.

    Eugene Amo-DadzieImage source, Getty Images
  6. Postpublished at 13:14 BST

    Well, we aren't sure when the field events will resume. So now our focus turns to the final race on the trck at these championships...

  7. Postpublished at 13:12 BST

    Women's 4x100m final

    A word for the great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Her silver here is her 25th across Olympic Games and World Championships.

    A three time Olympic champion, a 10-time World gold medallist. One of the very, very best to ever do it.

    Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceImage source, Getty Images
  8. Five GB medals in Tokyopublished at 13:10 BST

    So, Great Britain will head home from the World Championships with five medals:

    Silver

    • Jake Wightman (men's 1500m)
    • Amy Hunt (women's 200m)
    • Georgia Hunter Bell (women's 800m)

    Bronze

    • Katarina Johnson-Thompson (women's heptathlon)
    • Keely Hodgkinson (women's 800m)
  9. Postpublished at 13:09 BST

    Women's 4x100m final

    GB were right in medal contention at the half-way mark - Amy Hunt, brought into the team for this final, ran a storming second leg.

    But a poor handover between Desiree Henry and Daryll Neita for the final leg cost GB dear, it allowed Germany to overtake them and Neita couldn't make up the ground.

  10. Fourth place for GB in women's 4x100mpublished at 13:07 BST
    Breaking

    Women's 4x100m final

    Sums up the championships for Britain.

    The USA win their third successive world title in the women's 4x100m, just ahead of Jamaica who sent Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce into the sunset with a silver.

    Bronze for Germany, edging out the Brits. So that's no medals from the relays at all for GB. Very disappointing.

    Media caption,

    USA win women's 4x100m to secure third relay gold

  11. Postpublished at 13:06 BST

    Women's 4x100m final

    The USA are seeking a hat-trick of world titles.

    Jamaica are powered by the emotion of Fraser-Pryce.

    And Britain have a strong team.

    Who will take the gold?

    We'll know in a minute...

  12. 'I'm happy to know and to see this greatness'published at 13:05 BST

    Women's 4x100m relay final

    Harry Poole
    BBC Sport in Tokyo

    Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceImage source, Getty Images

    Well, what an honour it is to be here as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce brings the curtain down on her career.

    Can she do so with global medal number 25?

    The tributes have been flooding in throughout the championships, including from eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt.

    Although he has nothing but respect for his compatriot, his one complaint is that Fraser-Pryce has kept going long enough to make him look bad, eight years after he retired aged 30.

    "There are no words to explain how great Shelly-Ann is," Bolt told BBC Sport.

    "She's a legend in my book, she has proven again and again that she is one of the best in the world.

    "She left, had a kid, came back to the sport and still dominated. I'm happy to know and to see this greatness."

  13. 'I hope this team can step up'published at 13:05 BST

    Women's 4x100m final

    Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
    Three-time world heptathlon champion on BBC TV

    Amy Hunt is going to elevate the team and she's coming off a great high from that 200m [silver medal].

    They ran really well in qualifying, they're looking strong and we've not got a gold medal yet. I'm not putting too much pressure on and I'm not going to jinx it but I hope this 4x100m women's team can step up here.

  14. Watch: GB women reach 4x100m final, men botch handoverpublished at 13:05 BST

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    Fair to say it was mixed fortunes for Britain in the 4x100m relay heats on Saturday...

    Media caption,

    GB women through to finals but men blunder handover

  15. Field events suspended againpublished at 13:04 BST

    As the rain picks up again in Tokyo, the women's high jump final has been paused just as we approached the conclusion.

    No action in the men's discus either, which had not resumed after the first delay.

    But on the track, the relays will continue...

    Ground staff trying to collect rainImage source, Getty Images
  16. In the Hunt for another medalpublished at 13:03 BST

    Women's 4x100m final

    Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, Success Eduan, Desiree Henry and Daryll Neita qualified for the women's 4x100m relay with a good showing in Saturday's heat.

    The team has been changed for the final though, with world 200m silver medallist Amy Hunt coming for Eduan as she eyes a second medal of the week.

    They won silver in Paris last summer, and the nations they finished on the Olympic podium alongside - USA and Germany - will likely provide the stiffest opposition again.

    Daryll NeitaImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 13:02 BST

    Women's high jump final

    We're down to the final three in the women's high jump.

    Favourites Nicola Olyslagers (Australia) and Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) - who passed at 2m after failing her first attempt - are joined by Poland's Maria Zodzik, who cleared the height at the final attempt.

    What a time to produce a personal best. She's guaranteed a medal.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:01 BST

    #bbcathletics, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    GB athletes get few chances to grab the sporting limelight and they deliver this. Too many sub par performances and excuses. The whole set up needs looking, especially field events which are abysmal.

    Mark B

  19. Watch: GB duo take silver and bronze in 800m finalspublished at 13:00 BST

    It has not been as successful a day - or a championships - as we would have hoped from a British perspective.

    But the GB team did pick up two medals earlier in a dramatic 800m...

    Media caption,

    GB duo take silver and bronze in 800m finals

  20. 'Next year we'll be back in the medals'published at 12:58 BST

    Men's 4x400m final

    GB's Toby Harries speaking to BBC Sport after finishing sixth: "The shoes are heavy from the rain so it's always going to be a little slower but I think, we're born and bred in this, we're British we have to deal with rain so in a way it benefits us.

    "But today we just weren't good enough. We'll suck it up and next year we'll be back in that medals table."