Athletics: World Championships 2015 - day eight

Summary

Mo Farah wins historic 'triple-double' with 5,000m victory in Beijing
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke fifth in women's 800m final
Other finals include the men's discus and women's & men's 4x100m relay finals
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Live Reporting

Saj Chowdhury

Oskan-Clarke who?published at 12:14
Women's 800m final (BBC One, 12:15 BST)
Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer in Beijing
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"An unfamiliar name, but a great story. Britain's 25-year-old Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, who ran a huge personal best of almost two seconds in the semi-finals to make it into today's 800m final, is both a former English Schools 400m champion (hence the speed) and a former hockey player (hence the endurance and elbows). Much credit must go to her coach Ayo Falola, who is suffering from terminal cancer yet continuing to do what he has always done - getting the best out of his athletes while also being one of the nicest men in British athletics."
Oskan-Clarke to surprise again?published at 12:12
Women's 800m final (BBC One and website, 12:15 BST)
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Shelayna is an outstanding member of the school in both her role as an athlete and as a role model. Dedication, determination, passion, strength, kindness and talent are her qualities.
Lisa Jimmison in 2008, Sports teacher at Baylis Court School in Slough
Back in 2008, a young Shelayna Oskan-Clarke was one of the three nominees for female pupil of the year at the fourth annual Daily Telegraph/Norwich Union School Sports Matters Awards to be held at Twickenham Stadium.
Oskan-Clarke, now 25, competes in the final of the World Championship 800m final having ran sub-two minutes to win her semi-final.
Yup, she won her semi-final!
She'll be up against reigning world champion Eunice Sum of Kenya, while Canada's Melissa Bishop and Belarusian Marina Arzamasova both ran under 1:58 to qualify.
Switch to BBC Onepublished at 12:11
Live coverage continues here - first up Briton Shelayna Oskan-Clarke in the 800m final. More on her soon...
Breaking: GB women's 4x100m final teampublished at 12:07
(13:50 BST)
The world's fastest teenager Dina Asher-Smith, fresh from breaking the 200m British record, replaces Bianca Williams for the final of the 4x100m.
Can anyone beat Mo Farah?published at 12:06
Men's 5,000m final (BBC One & website 12:30 BST)
Brendan Foster
Olympic medallist and BBC athletics commentator
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The Kenyans are very good. Caleb Ndiku is the Commonwealth champion. They can't beat him on the last lap but can they beat him before the last lap.
Beesley tries something differentpublished at 12:03
British 400m hurdler Meghan Beesley has been sampling the local delights...
Get involvedpublished at 11:59
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'The best in his field'published at 11:58
Daley Thompson
Two-time Olympic decathlon champion on BBC TV
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Eaton is the best at his event than anybody else in whole of the World Championsips. He is head and shoulders above everyone else.
Decathlon - javelinpublished at 11:57
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By the way, USA's Ashton Eaton threw 63.63m - nearest rival Damian Warner managed 63.50. Eaton has a 256-point lead over Warner.
In English, that means Eaton is highly unlikely to have the gold taken from him, with just the 1500m remaining.
Vlasic targets high jump goldpublished at 11:49
Women's high jump final (11:30 BST)
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The women's high jump is under way.
One of the most recognisable faces in athletics, Croatia's Blanka Vlasic (above), is going for her third world title.
She faces a familiar foe in Russia's Olympic champion Anna Chicherova.
And here's one for those born before 1980 - Ruth Beitia, 36, also competes.
The Spaniard, planned to retire at the end of 2012, but changed her mind and won a bronze medal at the 2013 Worlds in Moscow. Good decision Ruth.
Cats watching athletics - part Ipublished at 11:47
Eaton ahead in title defencepublished at 11:43
Decathlon
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Ashton Eaton is closing in on the defence of his decathlon world title.
The American has 7,423 points, 45 outside his world-record pace, after scaling 5.20m in the pole vault.
He extended his lead over Damian Warner to 254 points, after the Canadian could only managed 4.90m.
Eaton is back in action in the javelin at 11:20 BST and then the final event, the 1500m at 13:10 BST.
His headwear has also been turning heads in the stadium. The Olympic champion is wearing a protoype cooling hood, to aid his recovery between events.
The javelin event is under way.
Postpublished at 11:40
Men's 4x100m final (14:10 BST)
Birthday boypublished at 11:38
4x100m relay final (14:10 BST)
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I guess missing the final might give Harry Aikines-Aryeetey more time to celebrate his 27th birthday today.
What did we do before Mo?published at 11:37
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Breaking: GB men's 4x100m final teampublished at 11:31
(14:10 BST)
What do you make of that? Harry Aikines-Aryeetey misses out.
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Proctor graces The Timespublished at 11:28
GB silver medallist makes back page
Athletics and John Stones share another back page - this time with British long jump silver medallist Shara Proctor taking centre stage.
Super Schipperspublished at 11:25
What no football photo? John Stones know your place.
Dutch athlete Dafne Schippers also took up most of The Guardian's back page because of that tremendous win.
Schippers is the star performerpublished at 11:21
You cannot blame them. The Dutch athlete was magnificent in winning gold.
Shakes-Drayton praises relay teamspublished at 11:15
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British 400m hurdler Perri Shakes-Drayton will no doubt want to be part of the women's 4x400m quartet at Rio 2016 next year.