Britain's Scott Lincoln throws 19.88m with his first effort of the shot put final.

That puts him seventh, some way off the leader Tom Walsh of New Zealand who managed a mighty season best of 21.65m.

There was some drama in the first semi, as second place finisher Ackera Nugent absolutely clattered the final hurdle and sent the top bar spiralling into the lane next to her, where Ireland's Sarah Lavin had to take evasive action.

A surprise sixth hurdle for Lavin to clear, as she finished seventh to suffer elimination.

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A very quick second semi final in the women's hurdles, as Nadine Visser just edges out world record holder Devynne Charlton. Both of those women progress to the final.

The third and fourth place finishers, Christina Clemons and Amoi Brown, were both quicker than the placed athletes from the first semi.

Visser looked to be limping slightly as she left the track, hopefully the Dutch hurdler is ok for the final later.

Miltiadis Tentoglou, who has not been in brilliant form this year, sets an opening jump of 7.81m.

A decent settler for the Greek athlete.

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World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, speaking to BBC Sport, first on finally holding the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing after it was initially postponed by Covid-19: "I'm delighted we're here. They were difficult times for everybody and China was in complete lockdown but I'm delighted the Chinese federation kept faith with the championships.

"This is the first of four major Chinese cities hosting major championships in the lead up to the world championships in Beijing in 2027."

On not being elected as president of the International Olympic Committee: "You can't take these things personally. Elections are not exact sciences. I put forward the vision I had and the vision we have consistently delivered on in world athletics. You put your best foot forward.

"I haven't really sat there dissecting it. I'm delighted to be working in sport with people with a vision."

On the progress he has overseen in athletics: "The sport has made amazing progress over the last 10 years. We have an athletics integrity unit that is gold standard, we have more athletes in more disciplines in more parts of the world, competing at the highest level.

"Our revenues have increased by over 25% in the last four years, and we are doing all we can to protect women's sport. Those are things that are sacrosanct."

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We'll be hearing from World Athletics president Lord Coe shortly, as he speaks to BBC Sport in Nanjing.

Coe failed in his bid to become IOC president earlier this week, receiving just eight votes in a heavy defeat to newly-elected Kirsty Coventry.

We are also about to get under way in the men's long jump final.

Double Olympic gold medallist and reigning indoor champion Miltiadis Tentoglou is the favourite here.

Pia Skrzyszowska streaks home to win the opening semi in a season best time of 7.79 seconds, with Jamaica's Akera Nugent also qualifying for the final.

Delight for the home crowd as China's Yanni Wu runs a national record time of 8.01 to finish third and put herself in with a great chance of progression.

Ireland's Sarah Lavin is seventh and is out.

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The first field event to get under way in this session is the men's shot put.

GB's Scott Lincoln is among the 15 competitors.

Here we go, the first event on track today is the semi-finals of the women's 60m hurdles. The top two in each semi will progress to the final, plus the other two fastest finishers.

Ireland's Sarah Lavin was 11th quickest in the heats earlier today, and goes in the first race.

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Great Britain's Funminiyi Olajide, who finished 10th in the women’s long jump on her senior international debut, told BBC Sport: "It was fun to just be out there and compete at the world level.

"I learned that I just really need to push and give it 100% every time. Sometimes I was a bit nervous and didn't give it everything every time.

"I really wanted to get in the top eight, that was my goal and I came short so I'm disappointed with that.

"I'm very excited to potentially make it to world outdoors and really happy to have made my first indoor worlds."

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Amber Anning on becoming Britain's first world indoor women's 400m champion: "I'm shocked given the calibre of athletes we've had but I'm very grateful to be in this position. I'm looking forward to the outdoors and pushing that [British] record even further."

On fellow gold medallist Jeremiah Azu: "We've known each other other since we started track and transitioned into the senior team. It is a special moment for both of us and I'm excited to see what both of us can do for the rest of the year."

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Great Britain's world 400m champion Amber Anning, speaking to BBC Sport, first on whether her gold medal has sunk in: "Honestly not really, it has been a crazy 24 hours. It is a surreal feeling honestly.

"I visualise the race so much and I never thought I wouldn't get to the break first. I had to stay calm, I left it late but I had the determination and grit and just fought to the line.

"I was just trying not to panic, rely on my strength. I didn't want to move early, I had to time it perfectly and it was really, really close. It is a world championship final so it was going to take a lot to win."

On using her disqualification at the European indoors as fuel: "Definitely, I was so excited to have another opportunity to come out and compete. The Europeans were disappointing but this has been a lot of fun."

"I want to have fun with it, enjoy the moment. It's a long season, we have the worlds in Tokyo in September. I have a couple of weeks hopefully to rest up but I'm excited to get a feel for the pro circuit."

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Amber Anning announced herself on the global stage by becoming Great Britain's first women's 400m champion at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

At the beginning of her first season as a professional athlete, the 24-year-old clocked 50.60 seconds to edge a dramatic race to the line against American Alexis Holmes.

It is only two weeks since Anning was left devastated at the European indoors, where her medal bid was ended by a disqualification for a lane infringement.

But she held her nerve following a mid-race shove from Holmes before measuring her final effort to perfection to claim her first international title in Nanjing, China.

Anning initially showed little emotion after her hard-fought victory, before collecting a British flag and beginning a lap of honour at the Nanjing Cube.

Holmes, who had attempted to defend her position from Anning on the inside of the track at the start of the final lap, fell across the line as the Briton clinched victory by three one hundredths of a second.

Before we get going today, let's reflect on Saturday - including a very special moment for Amber Anning...

There was disappointment earlier for women's high jump Olympic champion and world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh as she could only finish third in the morning session.

The Ukrainian was looking to regain the world title she won in 2022 but finished behind an Australian one-two of gold medallist Nicola Olyslagers and runner-up Eleanor Patterson.

In the women's long jump, Claire Bryant of the USA set a personal best of 6.96m to win gold while Britain's Funminiyi Olajide finished 10th.

And in the heptathlon, world number two Johannes Erm moved back up to second by winning the pole vault discipline but still trails leader Sander Skotheim of Norway with one event to go - the 1,000m, coming up at 12.02 GMT.

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Away from the Brits, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen will look to win his first world 1500m title.

Ingebrigtsen, who won his first indoor 3,000m title yesterday, will go in the shorter distance after he had to settle for indoor silver in 2022.

He also came second outdoors in both 2022 and 2023 - finishing second to Britons Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr.

Women's 1500m - Georgia Hunter Bell

Men's 1500m - Neil Gourley

Men's shot put - Scott Lincoln

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Georgia Hunter Bell will bid to add to Great Britain's medal tally after success for Jeremiah Azu and Amber Anning.

Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter Bell will aim to bounce back from the disappointment of missing out on the podium at the European Indoor Championships two weeks ago.

She has qualified for today's final, where Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay is the standout favourite for gold. The eight-time global medallist boasts a season's best time five seconds quicker than anyone this year, having run three minutes 53.92 seconds in February.

Compatriot Diribe Welteji and American Heather MacLean have both also gone under four minutes in 2025, with Hunter Bell fourth-fastest in the line-up with a season's best time of 4:00.63.

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