BBC athletics pundit Paula Radcliffe: "I'm a little bit surprised looking at the pace and that Dibaba opened up the gap. However, the gap didn't grow after that too much. The two minute 38 seconds last kilometre did a lot of damage to the field."

Genzebe Dibaba completed the final lap in 30.77 seconds. A rocket wouldn't have been able to keep apace with the Ethiopian during that last 200m. Ok, that's a slight exaggeration, but the World 3000m Indoor champion did the damage in the last 400m.

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Genzebe Dibaba drapes herself in the Ethiopian flag after easing to victory. The 24-year-old was the overwhelming favourite and justified that billing, clocking home in 8:55.04. Kenya's Hellen Onsando Obiri (8:57.72) takes home a silver medal, while Maryam Yusuf Jamal wins bronze for Bahrain.

Genzebe Dibaba puts her foot to the throttle, as it were, with 400m remaining and creates an insurmountable distance between herself and her rivals. The Ethiopian will win the 3000m by a street.

The women's 3000m finalists are lined up at the start line and the overwhelming favourite is, of course, Genzebe Dibaba. The Ethiopian has broken two world records this year, and a world best in the two mile in Birmingham.

Dibaba, who is also the sister of Olympic silver medallist Ejegayehu Dibaba, broke the 3,000m world indoor record by 13 seconds on 6 February. That record in Stockholm came just five days after she had set the 1500m world indoor mark in Karlsruhe, Germany. You could say 24-year-old is in form.

The women's pole vault final continues without Holly Bleasdale, which is all reasonable and proper I suppose. A season's best 4.70m by Yarisley Silva, the Cuban clearing the height with her first attempt, has put her in pole position.

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Now is the time for Richard Kilty to bask in the limelight after his glorious success on Saturday. The 24-year-old steps on top of the podium and raises his arms before a gold medal is placed over his neck. God Save the Queen bellows out of the sound system and Kilty simply shakes his head, as if he can't believe he is World 60m Indoor champion.

Chanelle Price is open-mouthed in amazement after becoming the world indoor 800m champion. The American led from the start and secures gold with a world leading time of 2:00.09. Angelika Cichocka (2:00.45) secures silver for Poland, while Belarus' Marina Arzamasova (2:00.79) takes bronze.

The Women's 800m final has also begun and there is no British representative in this event, either. America's Chanelle Price leads at the bell...

The men's high jump has just begun but there is no British representative after Olympic bonze medallist Robbie Grabarz failed to qualify. Russia's Ivan Ukhov is the outstanding jumper, recording a personal best 2.42m in Praha in February, while Qatar's Muntaz Essa Barshim has also been jumping well.

The Star Spangled Banner is blasted around the arena as Nia Ali collects her gold medal for the women's 60m hurdles. Standing two steps below her is Britain's Tiffany Porter who won bronze in the event on Saturday. The Briton is smiling broadly.

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Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku shows off his guns as he celebrates winning the men's 3000m. The Kenyan was wide-eyed with determination as he crossed the line in 7:54.94, finishing ahead of America's Bernard Lagat (7:55.22) and Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel (7:55.39).

On the track, a group of lithe men are competing in the 3000m final and we're building up to a rip-roaring finish. Bernard Lagat, three-time champion, is in contention at the bell. Whoosh!

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Joy for Katarina Johnson-Thompson, but despair for her team-mate Holly Bleasdale who fails with her third attempt at 4.65m. Maybe the Preston athlete wanted to watch the Six Nations ding-dong between England and Wales and she can do so on this very website.

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson is unable to leap beyond the 6.85m target set by Eloyse Lesueur which means the 21-year-old's first senior international medal will be a silver one. Just the 4cm separating Johnson-Thompson and the eventual long jump champion.

Serbia's Ivana Spanovic is unable to get close to Katarina Johnson-Thompson's mark of 6.81m which means the 21-year-old Briton will win at least a silver medal.

Shara Proctor will not be taking a medal home from Poland, however, after only managing 6.46m on her final attempt. The Briton finishes fourth after a best of 6.68m.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson's coach Mike Holmes said neither he nor his athlete were feeling the pressure ahead of these championships.

"Going for an individual event I don't think they're necessarily expecting a lot, but Katarina is the current junior world champion and so the astute athletics watcher might say perhaps she could, or should, do something in Poland," he told BBC Sport.

"I don't think the long jump is as strong as it has been and if she can get through qualifying then it's not that scary. We'll give it a go. If she does really well it might cause a bit of a surprise. That'd be nice."

The Briton is on course to win a medal, currently silver after a personal best 6.81m.

Steve Cram
BBC athletics commentator in Sopot

Ahead of the championships, BBC Sport commentator Steve Cram shared his thoughts on Britain's potential medallists and the former 1500m world champion was full of praise for Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

"She's in such good shape there's no reason why she can't win a medal, and she is the reigning world junior long jump champion," says Cram in his recent column. "She's a big-time competitor, has a fantastic attitude and will relish competing on such a stage."