Summary

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  • Four gold medals on offer on first day of competition

  • Britain's Jeremiah Azu claims superb 60m gold for first global title

  • Ireland's Kate O'Connor takes pentathlon silver behind Finland's Saga Vanninen

  • Georgia Hunter Bell through to women's 1500m final but Revee Walcott-Nolan out

  • Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen & GB's Neil Gourley secure spots in men's 1500m final

  • Amber Anning puts in fine performance to reach women's 400m final

Media caption,

Britain's Azu wins dramatic indoor 60m World Championship final

  1. 'Ingebrigtsen wants to be a great'published at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Men's 1500m

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

    You have to respect Jakob Ingebrigtsen. It's great to see his personality and he backs it up every time.

    He wants to create legacy and history, he wants to be one of the greats.

  2. '1500m is the title Ingebrigtsen wants'published at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Men's 1500m

    Paula Radcliffe
    Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

    So many people love watching Jakob Ingebrigtsen race - regardless of whether his people like his character or not, we just love watching him race because he puts it all out there, he isn't afraid to put his reputation on the line.

    Make no mistake, that 1500m title is the one he wants.

  3. Postpublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Men's 1500m

    Next up in the men's 1500m it's Olympic 5000m champion Jakob Ingebrigsten.

    The Norwegian has won just about everything there is to win in his disciplines. Except a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships.

  4. Gourley finishes first in 1500m heatpublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Men's 1500m

    Really good run from Neil Gourley. Calm, strong and composed.

    American Samuel Prakel qualifies in second place.

    Britain's Neil GourleyImage source, Getty Images
  5. Postpublished at 11:21 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Men's 1500m

    Neil Gourley leads as the bell rings for the final lap.

    This will be tough for him to hold off the chasing pack.

  6. Postpublished at 11:21 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Men's 1500m

    Neil Gourley is going well in the middle of the six-man pack. He's made his move into first place as we move into the penultimate lap.

    Brave move.

  7. Postpublished at 11:19 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Men's 1500m

    Heat one of four of the men's 1500m under way.

    Neil Gourley is in the mix in a strong field.

    The fastest two in each heat will qualify automatically for the final plus one fastest time across the four heats.

  8. 1500m runner Gourley captains British teampublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Neil Gourley will captain Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Indoor Championship.

    The Scottish 1500m runner, 30, was fourth in the European Indoors last week, having come second in the 2023 event.

    In February he broke the British indoor 1,000m record in Birmingham.

    The Glaswegian leads an 11-strong British team in the championship.

    "I am taking it as a compliment and really glad they have confidence in me in that respect," said Gourley, who finished sixth at the 2022 World Indoors.

    "I hope I can bring a supportive atmosphere to the team.

    "I think being a smaller team we are all invested in what each other is doing at these championships so I hope I can inspire that environment at the very least and lead by example.

    "But I do think there is such a great level of mutual respect across all of us in the events we do, and that respect for each other really comes through and hopefully we'll have a great championship."

    Neil GourleyImage source, Getty Images
  9. Which other Brits are in action today?published at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Olympic 400m finalist Amber Anning will hope to challenge in another major final following her disqualification at the European Indoors for a lane infringement. That's coming up at around 12:30 GMT.

    Great Britain captain Neil Gourley and compatriot Adam Fogg go in the men's 1500m heats in the next five minutes or so. Gourley is in heat one while Fogg is in heat four.

    Amber AnningImage source, Getty Images
  10. Postpublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's pentathlon - long jump

    The penultimate event of the women's pentathlon, the long jump, is well under way and Ireland's Kate O'Connor has produced two good leaps.

    Her best jump so far is 6.32 and that's enough for third place in the discipline so far.

  11. Ireland's O'Connor in silver medal positionpublished at 11:13 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's pentathlon

    Elsewhere this morning, Ireland's Kate O'Connor is in the silver medal position in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships with two events remaining.

    O'Connor, who earned the bronze medal at the European Indoors earlier this month, produced a personal best of 8.30 seconds in the opening 60m hurdles and a strong performance in the high jump was followed by another lifetime best of 14.64 metres in the shot put.

    The Newry-born Ireland athlete is on 2,889 points going into the long jump.

    That puts her 78 points behind Finland's European Indoors winner Saga Vanninen who looks on course for another gold medal.

    O'Connor is seven points ahead of third-placed US athlete Taliyah Brooks with another American Timara Chapman 80 points behind the Irish woman in fourth spot.

    The concluding 800m, which O'Connor won at the European Indoors, takes place at 13:08 GMT.

    Kate O'ConnorImage source, Getty Images
  12. 'I had all the emotions last week'published at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    BBC Sport

    Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell speaking on BBC Two after qualifying for the women's 1500m final: "Heats can always be a bit nervy, there's no room for error, so I'm happy to just get the job done.

    "I just always stay in the top two, three so that if a move is made you can track it. I wanted to get a clear run in and not have to think about dodging people.

    "I had all the emotions last week but I know the best thing I can do is come back and be as strong as possible.

    "I'm sure I'll be happier to speak about the Euros after Sunday but I just want to focus on this weekend right now."

  13. 'I lost contact with the group'published at 11:09 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    BBC Sport

    Britain's Revee Walcott-Nolan on a clip during her 1500m heat: "It threw me off my pace a little bit and I kind of lost contact with the group. It's hard to get onto it when that happens.

    "It wasn't enough today and I am really upset about that.

    "The plan was obviously to make the final and everything was to play for in the final. To not even make it to the final is disappointing. I had a tough heat but it's world-level, every heat was tough."

  14. 'Race didn't suit Walcott-Nolan'published at 11:07 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    Paula Radcliffe
    Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

    The way that race unfolded didn't suit Revee Walcott-Nolan as much as the others might have done.

    The calibre of athlete was really high. Diribe Welteji underlines that she is one to watch.

  15. Postpublished at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell qualifies for Sunday's final in top spot.

    Here's how that final will line up.

    Women's 1500m finalists
  16. Walcott-Nolan misses out on 1500m finalpublished at 11:01 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji finishes in first place, American Heather Maclean is second and Portugal's Salome Afonso in third.

    Great Britain's Revee Walcott-Nolan couldn't catch the rest and finishes in fifth.

    Revee Walcott-Nolan in actionImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 11:00 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    Revee Walcott-Nolan has faded somewhat and is struggling to keep up with the four-strong leading pack.

  18. Postpublished at 10:59 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    Revee Walcott-Nolan sits in fifth place as the pace picks up.

    Can she keep up? She's going to have to dig deep.

  19. Postpublished at 10:56 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    Under way in the third and final heat of the women's 1500m.

    Great Britain's Revee Walcott-Nolan, who took bronze a couple of weeks ago in Apeldoorn, goes in this heat.

  20. 'Big for Hunter Bell's confidence'published at 10:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

    Women's 1500m

    Paula Radcliffe
    Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

    I think that race will have done Georgia Hunter Bell's confidence a lot of good, to get back out there and run in the manner she is more used to.

    That will be big for her in terms of how she bounces back now for that final. She has an extra day of recovery than she had at the European indoors in Apeldoorn.