Summary

  • Use play icon at the top of page to watch live coverage from Budapest (UK only)

  • Britain's Josh Kerr secures stunning 1500m gold ahead of favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen

  • Kerr clocks season's best 3:29.38 to take world title

  • Karsten Warholm wins men's 400m hurdles title for third time

  • Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke fourth in women's 400m final; Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulin takes gold

  • Australia's Nina Kennedy and American Katie Moon share world gold in pole vault

  • Sifan Hassan and 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon qualify for women's 5,000m final

  1. Thanks and goodbyepublished at 21:42 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    That's the end of this page on a golden day for Great Britain and a golden day for Josh Kerr as he wins the men's 1500m.

    Thanks for joining us and until next time, bye for now.

    Josh KerrImage source, Getty Images
  2. 'It's been a long time coming!' - Emotional Kerr reacts to 1500m goldpublished at 21:41 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    Media caption,

    World Athletics Championships 2023: Great Britain's Josh Kerr

    Great Britain's Josh Kerr says he "couldn't be prouder" as he wins gold in the men's 1500m final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

  3. Britain's Kerr stuns Ingebrigtsen to take world gold - read the reportpublished at 21:40 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Harry Poole
    BBC Sport in Budapest

    Josh Kerr celebrates world goldImage source, Getty Images

    Britain's Josh Kerr stunned Norway's Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to take 1500m gold at the World Championships in Budapest.

    Kerr, Olympic bronze medallist in Tokyo, timed his surge for gold to perfection inside the final 200m.

    The 25-year-old clocked a season's best three minutes 29.38 seconds to make his first podium at a World Championships.

    It comes one year after Ingebrigtsen suffered defeat by Briton Jake Wightman in similar circumstances in Eugene.

    Kerr let out an almighty roar as he crossed the line, celebrating with the crowd and embracing his parents in the stands with a gold medal proudly hanging from his neck.

    Ingebrigtsen, meanwhile, appeared crestfallen as history repeated itself.

    The 22-year-old led from the front for much of the race before once again being denied by a gutsy finish from a British athlete, Kerr breaking his rival in the final 50m.

    Ingebrigtsen held on for silver in 3:29.65 ahead of compatriot Narve Gilje Nordas (3:29.68), while Britain's Neil Gourley finished ninth in 3:31.10.

    Kerr earned GB a fourth medal of the championships, and second gold, following in the footsteps of Katarina Johnson-Thompson after her heptathlon triumph.

  4. Coming up on day sixpublished at 21:39 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Golds to be won on day six

    Men's and women's 45k race walks (07:00), men's long jump (18:30), women's hammer (19:25), women's 100m hurdles (20:20), men's 400m (20:35), women's 400m hurdles (20:50).

    BBC Coverage

    05:50-09:30 (BST) - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app - men's and women's 35k race walk finals

    17:30-20:00 (BST) - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app - men's long jump final

    19:00-21:00 (BST) - BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds

    20:00-21:00 (BST) - BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app

    21:00-21:30 (BST) - BBC Three, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app - highlights

  5. GB up to secondpublished at 21:37 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    Here's how the medal table looks at the end of day five.

    A medal table
  6. Studio reaction to GB's Josh Kerr winning goldpublished at 21:37 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    Watch great scenes as Michael Johnson, Dame Denise Lewis and 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman cheer on Josh Kerr as he becomes a world champion.

  7. 'Lightning strikes twice!' - GB's Kerr wins 1500m goldpublished at 21:35 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

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    World Athletics Championships 2023: Great Britain's Josh Kerr wins gold

    Watch the moment Great Britain's Josh Kerr holds off a challenge from favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win world gold in the 1500m final.

  8. Australia's Kennedy and USA's Moon win joint goldpublished at 21:33 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Women's pole vault final

    Australia's Nina Kennedy and America's Katie Moon could not be separated in the women's pole vault final so both ended up with a gold medal.

  9. Norway's Warholm wins third men's 400m hurdles goldpublished at 21:32 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Men's 400m hurdles final

    Norway's Karsten Warholm won his third men's 400m hurdles world championship gold.

  10. 'It's huge!' - Paulino wins gold for Dominican Republicpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Women's 400m final

    Puerto Rico's Marileidy Paulino of Dominican Republic won gold in the women's 400m final.

  11. Postpublished at 21:30 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Right, let's have a look back at the best moments from a thrilling evening session on day five.

  12. Purchase qualifies for finalpublished at 21:30 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Women's hammer qualification

    Britain's Anna Purchase has qualified for the final in the women's hammer, with a throw of 71.31m - to qualify 11th out of 12.

    But fellow Briton Charlotte Payne missed out, with her best effort being 69.57m.

  13. 'I've had the bronze and the gold is a lot sweeter'published at 21:26 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    BBC Sport

    More quotes from Josh Kerr, speaking to BBC TV: "It was fast from early on and I kind of got bumped back to sixth or seventh but I stayed calm. I just wanted to execute a race I’d be proud of today and I knew I was capable of a world championship gold medal for Great Britain so I’m just very glad to add to that medal count today.

    "Fifty metres to go, I kind of broke him and it was just about holding form at that point. Again, I’d be proud of giving everything I had in that situation if that was gold, silver or bronze but I’ve had the bronze and the gold is a lot sweeter.

    "The support from British Athletics in this last couple of weeks in the camp, with my whole training set-up and all of that being funded by the National Lottery and its players. I just can’t thank this team enough for everything they’ve done for us, everything they’ve done for the athletes and you can see already with the medal count we have. We have the best support and that’s down to the funding we have from the National Lottery.

    While emotional and tearing up, he adds: "This is a lot for our family. They’ve put a lot of time, effort and money into me. I just couldn’t be prouder to represent the Kerr family name today. I gave it everything for them, and myself and my fiance.

    "This is the life I want to lead for them. They’ve given me so much and it was nice to pay that back a little bit today."

  14. 'He was just so confident'published at 21:20 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
    London 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion on BBC TV

    I think the great thing is that Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the semi-final was really showboating but it didn’t ruffle Josh at all.

    You could see that he was just so confident. He wasn’t giving him any space to go out there and dominate. He was confident that he could overtake him and it’s great to see.

    Josh Kerr overtakes Jakob IngebrigtsenImage source, Getty Images
  15. 'I love the way he's conducted himself'published at 21:18 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    Steve Cram
    Athletics commentator on BBC TV

    I think Josh Kerr has matured a lot in the last couple of years.

    He had a tough year last year but this year, I love the way he’s conducted himself not just physically but also how he’s prepared himself mentally as well

  16. 'Josh always has the ability to be able to do that'published at 21:14 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    Jake Wightman
    Britain's 1500m world champion in 2022, speaking on BBC One

    We thought Jakob Ingebrigtsen was a much better finisher now but it’s not good enough for Josh Kerr today.

    Honestly I knew Josh Kerr could do that. That was the thing. Josh always has the ability to be able to go and do that, it’s just what Jakob is going to have to respond. I don’t know what more Jakob can do.

    It’s a championship race. We said without pace makers it always exposes him and Josh has taken complete advantage of that. I just can’t believe we’ve had two back-to-back world champions.

  17. 'Nothing you can do'published at 21:11 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    Michael Johnson
    Four-time Olympic gold medallist athlete on BBC TV

    What made that so amazing and so exciting is that Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the person that everybody talks about but twice now, two years in a row, not only has he been beaten but he’s been beaten by a Brit. That’s got to sting a bit.

    You can see the look on his [Ingebrigtsen's] face coming down the home stretch that he was very disappointed and it’s that hopeless feeling of nothing you can do, nothing you can do about it.

  18. Watch how Josh Kerr won gold for Great Britainpublished at 21:09 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    What a moment. Watch and listen as Josh Kerr wins the gold, with some immense commentary from Steve Cram too.

    Media caption,

    'Lightning strikes twice!' - GB's Josh Kerr wins gold

  19. 'Josh Kerr, take a bow'published at 21:06 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Men's 1500m final

    British sprinter Adam Gemili, writing on X: "Josh said to me on the bus that if he’s with Ingebrigtsen with 200m to go he’s gonna win the title. He’s just become the World Champion, what an absolute beast. Josh Kerr take a bow!!!"

  20. 'It's been a long time coming'published at 21:04 British Summer Time 23 August 2023

    Britain's Josh Kerr wins the men's 1500m gold medal

    Here's how Josh Kerr reacted after becoming the world 1500m champion.

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    'It's been a long time coming' - Kerr