Summary

  • South Africa's Van Niekerk wins 400m in 43.48 seconds

  • Gatlin (19.87) & Bolt (19.96) win their 200m semis

  • GB's Zharnel Hughes wins his semi in 20.14

  • Eilidh Child sixth in 400m hurdles final

  • Dina Asher-Smith fastest qualifier in 200m heats

  1. What the papers saypublished at 11:14

    Who's on the front page of the Daily Express?, external Britain's most famous long jumper. "Formidable Rutherford leaps to golden triumph," is what the paper has to say.

    Daily ExpressImage source, Daily Express
  2. 'Rutherford's champion class beyond question'published at 11:11

    Tom Fordyce
    Chief sports writer in Beijing

    "Maybe now, after completing the grand slam of major titles in three years, having beaten everyone there is to beat, on different days, on different tracks, in different conditions, the equivocating will come to an end," writes our chief sports writer Tom Fordyce of Rutherford. 

    "Some might still point dismissively at the distances he has jumped, in an event where the championship record is 8.95m. Rutherford's winning mark in London of 8.31m was the shortest to take Olympic gold since 1972.

    "To which you can point out one detail, and then the critical one: the previous Olympic final had been won in 8.34m, and if it was all so easy, how come no-one else has been able to do it?"

    Greg RutherfordImage source, EPA
  3. 'I'm delighted for Greg'published at 11:08

    Perri Shakes-Drayton
    British 400m runner on BBC TV

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    I'm so happy for him regardless of what's been happening outside athletics. He did it when it matters.

  4. What the papers saypublished at 11:07

    Greg Rutherford doesn't have to share the headlines with any of his British team-mates this morning. The world champion has the top half of theIndependent, externalall to himself. "One giant leap: Rutherford joins pantheon of British greats," the paper says. 

    IndependentImage source, Independent
  5. Rutherford's leap into historypublished at 11:05

    If you've been enduring a self-imposed news blackout over the last 24 hours you may not know Greg Rutherford won long jump gold in Beijing on Tuesday. 

    There's a little more to add to that sentence. 

    He became the first Briton to win a world title in the event, and his winning 8.41m leap into the sand means he is only the fifth Briton to hold all four major titles at the same time. Little wonder the boy from Milton Keynes has been dominating the sports headlines. 

    Greg RutherfordImage source, AFP
  6. Postpublished at 11:02

    Hello! It's day five of the World Championships in Beijing. Energy levels are high, enthusiasm even higher as we prepare for another afternoon of lung-busting runs and gravity-defying jumps. 

    Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin are back again, while British 100m champion Dina Asher-Smith makes her first appearance at the Bird's Nest, in the 200m heats.

    Oh, and Olympic champion Kirani James and world champion LaShawn Merrit will go head-to-head in what should be a scrumptious men's 400m final. Ready? Let's go.  

    2015 World ChampionshipsImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 11:00

    Is it better to have all your presents in a giddying 45-minute spell or to spread out the joy over three brilliant afternoons? 

    London had Super Saturday, but in Beijing it's been a Super Saturday, Splendid Sunday and a Terrific Tuesday. 

    Yep, Britain's champion trio have done it again and we're all basking in their golden glow. We all are, aren't we? 

    Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Greg RutherfordImage source, Getty Images