Summary

  • Watch BBC coverage of World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan - all times BST

  • American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins 400m gold in second fastest time in history, GB's Amber Anning fifth

  • Botswana's Collen Kebinatshipi takes men's 400m title

  • GB's Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell win 800m heats, Jemma Reekie out

  • Britain's Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith in to women's 200m final

  • Zharnel Hughes fifth in qualifying for men's 200m final, Noah Lyles quickest

  • Women's 5,000m heats - GB's Hannah Nuttall reaches final

  • Britain's Max Burgin qualifies for men's 800m final

  • GB captain Morgan Lake first in high jump qualification

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  1. Goodbyepublished at 14:55 BST 18 September

    It's been a fantastic day six at the World Athletics Championships.

    A number of Great Britain's medal hopes all progressed today, with Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell moving forward in the 800m, Morgan Lake in the high jump, Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith in the women's 200m, Zharnel Hughes in the men's 200m and Max Burgin in the 800m.

    Other highlights include:

    • Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States set a championship record as she won the women's 400m.
    • Botswana took gold and bronze in the men's 400m, as Collen Kebinatshipi and Bayapo Ndori finished first and third in the final.
    • Leyanis Perez Hernandez of Cuba and Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won the women's triple jump and men's javelin respectively.

    We'll catch you tomorrow for the conclusion of the men's and women's 200m, finals in both 400m hurdles events and the men's triple jump plus the semi-finals in the women's 800m.

    See you then.

  2. Medal tablepublished at 14:52 BST 18 September

    Great Britain still have only just one medal thanks to Jake Wightman's silver in the men's 1500m.

    Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone's gold in the women's 400m moves USA further away at the top.

    World Athletics medal table
  3. What's coming up tomorrow?published at 14:48 BST 18 September

    All times BST

    09:33 - Women's 100m hurdles - heptathlon

    10:20 - Women's high jump - heptathlon

    11:30 - Women's javelin - qualification group A

    12:00 - Men's 5,000m - heats

    12:30 - Women's shot put - heptathlon

    12:43 - Women's 800m - semi-finals

    12:50 - Men's triple jump - final

    13:00 - Women's javelin - qualification group B

    13:15 - Men's 400m hurdles - final

    13:27 - Women's 400m hurdles - final

    13:38 – Women's 200m - heptathlon

    14:06 - Men's 200m - final

    14:22 - Women's 200m - final

  4. How did Great Britain's athletes do on Thursday?published at 14:45 BST 18 September

    • Amber Anning finished fifth in the women’s 400m final with a season-best time of 49.36 seconds.
    • Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell progressed to Friday’s semi-finals in the women’s 800m, but Jemma Reekie didn’t move forward.
    • Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt qualified for tomorrow’s women’s 200m final but Daryll Neita couldn’t join them.
    • Zharnel Hughes took second in his men’s 200m semi-final, and will race for a medal on Friday.
    • Max Burgin reached Saturday’s men’s 800m final, but Ben Pattison was knocked out.
    • Morgan Lake made Sunday women’s high jump final, finishing joint-top of the standings in the heats.
    • Hannah Nuttall qualified for the women’s 5,000m final on Saturday, but Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Innes FitzGerald missed out.
  5. Watch: GB's Asher-Smith and Hunt reach 200m finalpublished at 14:42 BST 18 September

    Media caption,

    Asher-Smith and Hunt reach 200m final

  6. Watch: Kebinatshipi wins gold in men's 400mpublished at 14:40 BST 18 September

    Media caption,

    Kebinatshipi wins gold in men's 400m

  7. 'I have so much more to give'published at 14:37 BST 18 September

    GB's Amber Anning speaking to BBC Sport after finishing fifth in the 400m final: "I was a bit disappointed but I gave it my best effort. That is the fastest I've ran all year. I had great progression through the rounds

    "I felt like the race got away from me a little bit. I finished, I'm proud, fifth in the world you can't complain. I have so much more to give, I'm looking forward to resting up and going again next season."

  8. Postpublished at 14:34 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    Colin Jackson
    Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC TV

    Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of Team United States crosses the finish lineImage source, Getty Images

    Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was challenged. She knows there is a huge amount of talent around her, and there was no messing about whatsoever.

  9. Postpublished at 14:32 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    Harry Poole
    BBC Sport in Tokyo

    The second fastest women's 400m ever.

    That record is there for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. What a run. The Olympic 400m hurdles champion really can do it all!

    She covers her mouth with her hands in shock as the time - a championship record - is confirmed on the big screen.

    If the final had been one night earlier...

  10. Postpublished at 14:30 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    That was a final of the highest quality.

    Double Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is now the championship record holder in the women's 400m at the World Championships. Extraordinary.

    Marileidy Paulino set a new national record, even quicker than the time in which she won Olympic gold.

    Third, fourth and Amber Anning in fifth all ran season best times.

    GB's Anning could not have done any more.

  11. McLaughlin-Levrone wins gold in championship record, GB's Anning fifthpublished at 14:26 BST 18 September
    Breaking

    Women's 400m final

    A global superstar.

    Having conquered the world of hurdles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone holds off her challengers to win world gold in the 400m.

    Marileidy Paulinho of the Dominican Republic takes silver, bronze goes to Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser.

  12. Postpublished at 14:25 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone looks in good shape.

    Amber Anning is in contention.

  13. Postpublished at 14:25 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is in lane five, Amber Anning is in lane six.

    Away they go.

  14. Postpublished at 14:25 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    “I didn’t expect to run this fast today,” said Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone after the semi-finals. “I still have more to show. I feel strong and good.”

    Can she set a new world record here?

  15. Postpublished at 14:24 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    Harry Poole
    BBC Sport in Tokyo

    The weather isn't great. The rain continues to fall, there's the occasional gust of wind.

    But Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is just that good that you just wouldn't bet against her still putting in a record-breaking performance here.

    For 40 years the women's 400m record has gone untouched.

    Amber Anning is in the rather unfortunate position of having McLaughlin-Levrone in the lane immediately on her inside and probably just needs to ignore what's happening in lane five in the early stages of this.

    Salwa Eid Naser and Marileidy Paulino are the third and fourth fastest athletes of all time in this event. This could be insanely quick.

  16. Postpublished at 14:23 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    Reigning Olympic and world champion Marileidy Paulino would ordinarily be the favourite, but the signs throughout the heats and semi-finals suggested that Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone could steal her title.

    The American's primary event is the 400m hurdles, but in July she made the decision to chose the flat event in Tokyo.

    After clocking a world-leading and American record time of 48.29 seconds in the semi-finals - over a second faster than her nearest rival, Amber Anning of Great Britain - it's hard to look past the 26-year-old.

    Coincidentally, the last person to beat her in a flat 400m race was Paulino in the Paris Diamond League meeting in June 2023.

    Anning was excellent in the semi-finals, and has every chance of winning a medal in her first individual event final at a World Championships.

    It's worth keeping tabs on Salwa Eid Naser as well - the 27-year-old from Bahrain won the silver medal in Paris last summer, and is the only athlete in the world to dip below the 49 second mark on four occasions this year.

  17. Cuba's Perez Hernandez wins goldpublished at 14:20 BST 18 September
    Breaking

    Women's triple jump final

    A thrilling conclusion to the women's triple jump, as Cuba's Leyanis Perez Hernandez holds off a high quality field to take gold.

    Perez has five of the top six jumps this year and won the world indoor title in March, and she triumphs in Tokyo with a distance of 14.94m from her fourth jump.

    Dominica's Thea Lafond snatched silver with her final leap, ahead of Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas who takes bronze.

  18. Postpublished at 14:20 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    Great Britain's Amber Anning qualified for today's final in a time of 49.38 seconds in Tuesday's semi-finals.

    Fellow British athletes Victoria Ohuruogu and Yemi Mary John missed out.

    Media caption,

    Anning through to women's 400m finals for GB

  19. Postpublished at 14:19 BST 18 September

    Women's 400m final

    There is just one event left on the track today - and it could be a classic.

  20. Kebinatshipi wins men's 400mpublished at 14:14 BST 18 September
    Breaking

    Men's 400m final

    Busang Collen KebinatshipiImage source, Getty Images

    It's gold for Botswana's Collen Kebinatshipi!

    He sees off a challenge from Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards to win in 43.53 seconds - the fastest time in the event this year.

    Bayapo Ndori adds a second medal for Botswana by bursting through the field on the final straight to take bronze.