The penultimate event in the men's decathlon final - the javelin - has been completed.

Germany's Niklas Kaul threw a season's best of 78.19m, with Estonia's Karel Tilga (69.33m), Bahamas' Kendrick Thompson (68.02m), and USA's Heath Baldwin (65.24m) also throwing over 65m.

In terms of the overall standings, Germany’s Leo Neugebauer leads the way with 8072 points.

USA’s Kyle Garland sits second with 8057 points, with Puerto Rico’s Ayden Owens-Delerme (7958 points) in third.

The final event – 1500m – is scheduled for 12.49.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport athletics commentator

If you told me Keely was going to run at 1:54 and not finish in the top two, well, I wouldn't have believed you.

Georgia Hunter Bell gets a personal best and two medals for Great Britain, but no gold.

Keely Hodgkinson looked devastated initially, while Georgia Hunter Bell looked ecstatic.

But soon the two are hand in hand, raising their arms to the crowd. Two superb medals for GB.

Hunter Bell ran 1:54.90 - a new personal best.

She beat Hodgkinson by 0.01 seconds!

Lilian Odira of Kenya, came from absolutely nowhere in the final straight!

She blitzed past the British duo, just as we were preparing for a British one-two. Odira ran 1:54.62 - a new championship record.

But it is two more British medals, with Georgia Hunter Bell pipping her friend and Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to silver.

Keely has to get her elbows out here...

Neck and neck!

Hodgkinson is pushing for the lead down the inside, Mary Moraa cuts her off.

Georgia Hunter Bell is fourth.

One lap to go.

Mary Moraa has moved into an early lead, Keely is second.

They're off.

Jenny Meadows
Former 800m World Championship medallist on BBC TV

I've got my notebook here and told her to draw on all the training and just consume herself in the process.

It's only one race. The best thing would be, with seven other women in the race, is if she can get out and make it fast.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

Training partners. Friends. But tonight, gold medal rivals.

It’s all business now.

Keely Hodgkinson walks past Georgia Hunter Bell to her starting line but they don’t acknowledge each other.

Locked in.

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Audrey Werro is seeking a first 800m medal by a Swiss female athlete, while unpredictable defending champion Mary Moraa leads a trio of Kenyans.

They are the biggest threats to the British duo.

Keely Hodgkinson has said a first world title “would mean more to me than last year, 100% – I think the journey here makes it that much sweeter.”

She added: “I want to be able to say I left it all out there.”

She and her competitors are out on track now.

Quiz question – when was the last time two Brits earned a medal in the same individual event at a global championships?

The answer is 2007, when Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders finished one-two in Osaka in the women's 400m.

Now, 18 years later, we will see if Hodgkinson and Hunter Bell can replicate that achievement.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

"The cake has been baked - but we've not been able to add the cream and the cherry on top".

That was how Jenny Meadows described Keely Hodgkinson's build up to these World Championships to me.

It is remarkable that Hodgkinson is in this final, never mind the pre-race favourite for gold.

Two torn hamstrings - the second a grade three requiring up to 12 weeks recovery - left her and her team doubting whether any of this would be possible.

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Manchester United attacking midfielder Ella Toone is optimistic childhood friend Keely Hodgkinson will return to Old Trafford with another gold medal around her neck.

Atherton-born Hodgkinson, who has qualified for Sunday's final, is a Red Devils supporter and lived in a flat close to Old Trafford, where she was the guest of honour following her Paris 2024 triumph.

"We know how good Keely is as an athlete," Toone told the PA news agency.

"She's done it before, she's won big races, so definitely all of us from Tyldesley and Atherton will be rooting for her and wanting her to do well."

Toone, 26, and Hodgkinson, 23, were both pupils at Fred Longworth High School in Atherton.

"I grew up with Keely," added Toone. "She was in my brother's year two years below me in school. We always got on because we were the sporty girls in high school.

"I've always supported her in her journey and she's always supported me in mine. Hopefully she can come back with a gold medal and show it off at Old Trafford again."

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

And here we are. The final day!

It's been quite the ride - and hopefully the 2025 World Championships can end on a real high.

By the ninth day of competition, the merchandise shops have been well and truly raided. Terrible planning by anyone who believed they might be able to get a little keepsake at this point...

Inside the stadium, the stands look largely full. Sebastian Coe confirmed 600,000 fans have attended and there have been sell-out crowds on seven of the nine days.

Tokyo - and Japan - has well and truly embraced these championships. Fingers crossed for some closing fireworks.

Great Britain's Morgan Lake has successfully completed her second jump, clearing 1.93m at the first attempt. Remember, her personal best - a British record - is 2m.

Favourites Nicola Olyslagers (Australia) and Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) skipped the first round but have also cleared 1.93m at the first time of asking.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Tokyo

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The dilemma over whether to stick with the 1500m, switch focus to the 800m, or even attempt a rare double, had continued to occupy Georgia Hunter Bell's mind just a few weeks before the World Championships began in Tokyo.

But after making exciting progress this season in the event which she originally showed great promise before she quit the sport for five years, Hunter Bell's decision to target the 800m in Tokyo has set up a tantalising gold-medal showdown with training partner Keely Hodgkinson in Sunday's final.

The pair went head-to-head over the two-lap event at the Lausanne Diamond League in August, where Hodgkinson achieved back-to-back wins on her return from injury.

"This year will be the first time that it might be close," Hunter Bell told BBC Sport before that race. "We do a lot of training together, we obviously are very good friends and we have a great team vibe.

"At the end of the day, if Great Britain could win two medals out of three, and [our training group] M11 could go one-two, that would just be the coolest thing ever."

Jenny Meadows
Former 800m World Championship medallist on BBC TV

We need Keely to lock in.

If we get that version of Keely - mentally tough and strong version - she's got nothing to fear but even in Paris last year, we almost had an argument because she told me she was trying to run a personal best in the Olympic final!

But she was nervous and only ran a 58.3 so nerves and the occasion can get to you but hopefully she can lock in and be really focused.