Final lap, and Freweyni Hailu has kicked!

The Ethiopian streaks into the lead.

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

Sarah Healy has settled into a training environment which works for her, the training works for her and she is starting to trust the finish that she has.

She's tracking the big-kickers here. She is in a good position.

Two laps to go.

There are still nine athletes in contention, closely bunched together. Sarah Healy is among them.

Three laps remaining.

The quick finishers are kicking for home now, Nozomi Tanaka still leads.

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Five laps to go.

Sarah Healy continues to sit in fifth, the Irishwoman looks comfortable and well placed.

Japan's Nozomi Tanaka, the Asian record holder, has moved to the front. She always likes to set a quick pace.

Freweyni Hailu continues to sit and wait.

They pass the 1200m mark - 1800m to go.

Ireland's Sarah Healy is currently in fifth place.

Hailu has settled to the back of the pack of 12 athletes in the early stages.

Australia's Jess Hull is the pace setter - and it is a pretty quick pace.

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They are under way on the track.

The favourite here is Ethiopia's Freweyni Hailu - no woman has been quicker over this distance so far this year.

Time now for the first track final of the day - the women's 3000m.

Ireland's Sarah Healy is a medal contender in this one.

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In between winning every gold available to him, and seemingly breaking world records at will, Mondo Duplantis has started to find new ways to keep himself entertained.

On the same day that he broke the world record for the 11th time in his career by clearing 6.27m in France last month, the 25-year-old released his first single, ‘Bop’.

Music is something the Swedish star says he intends to do more of as he looks to explore his other talents in preparation for life after his record-breaking athletics career.

“Pole vaulting is not everything. It doesn’t completely define me as who I am and everything," said Duplantis, who retained his Olympic title last summer.

“Music is just something I kept to myself, in a way, because in the beginning I didn’t really have any expectations of what I was going to do. And then I just found myself in a situation in a studio a couple of years ago, and I just thought it was unbelievably fun.

“I just got completely absorbed in it, and it was a way of completely taking myself out of pole vaulting and very therapeutic for me, and be in the moment in such a good way.

“It’s something that I do, and something that I’ll continue to do more of.”

Why not throw another field medal event into the mix? We are just getting under way in the women's triple jump final.

The world number one, Leyanis Perez Hernandez of Cuba, is the one to watch.

Having cleared 5.70m like it was nothing, Mondo Duplantis is back on his back and expending as little energy as possible.

The Swede has already indicated he will pass the next height, 5.80m.

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World number two Johannes Erm has cleared his first attempt in the high jump, going over at 1.86m.

But he has plenty of work ahead still, as current leader Sander Skotheim has already indicated he will not make his first jump until the bar is at 1.98m in one of the Norwegian's strongest disciplines.

Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC Two

On the disruption caused by the technical issues during the women's pole vault final this morning...

One of the things for me, the most frustrating part as an athlete, is you do not know how much warm up you need to do.

This was at a really crucial part of the competition, at the very pinnacle of the event. Now we're thinking, is it going to happen in the men's competition as well?

I hope Molly Caudery does not doubt her ability at major championships.

British pole vaulter Molly Caudery, speaking to BBC Sport after finishing fourth in her event this morning: "I'm really disappointed - I wanted to come out here after last year and do something and I know that I'm in shape to do something.

"But that competition was really hard. There were a lot of issues and we were waiting for nearly an hour at one point.

"I'm not putting too much blame on myself. I'm not saying I couldn't have cleared that next bar because I think I had three good attempts.

"I feel a bit flat, to be honest, after that."

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Harry Poole
BBC Sport

Great Britain's Molly Caudery was unable to defend her women's pole vault title as she finished fourth at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.

Gold in Glasgow 12 months ago represented Caudery's first global title, but the 25-year-old fell agonisingly short of the podium in Nanjing, China.

In a competition disrupted by technical issues, Caudery - with a season's best of 4.85m - missed out on a medal on countback after failing to clear 4.75m.

The British record holder's second-time vault over 4.70m meant she finished behind silver and bronze medallists Tina Sutej and Angelica Moser, who both made that height at the first attempt, as France's Marie-Julie Bonnin cleared 4.75m for gold.

The competition was delayed by around 40 minutes because of an issue with the technology that lifts the bar.

Once it resumed, Caudery went over 4.70m - but she could not avoid catching the bar on her way back down in her attempts at 4.75m, despite appearing to have ample height.

On the subject of pole vault, the women's final took place this morning in Nanjing - and I'm afraid it was disappointment for one of Britain's major medal hopes...

Here's Mondo...

The Swede enters the arena at 5.70m, more than half a metre short of his world record of 6.27m.

Up he goes, and over by miles. Perfect start.

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