World Athletics Championships 2023 as it happened – Silver for Keely Hodgkinson and two 4x400m relay bronzes for GB

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She began the tournament in tears, falling and dropping the baton on day two of the competition. She ended it with as amazing an anchor leg as you will ever see. Femke Bol, we salute you.

Savour the anchor leg from Rio Mitcham.

“There’s so many, obviously Mondo Deplantis nearly got a world record [in the Decathlon].

“[Yulimar] Rojas with the last jump of the competition had to bring it out.

“It’s tough because there’s so many.”

“The 4×400 has never failed to deliver they’re always the last event of the championship and that’s because they bring drama.

“She had a great, great team with her. I actually thought she’d left it too late but she believed in her strength and timed it to perfection.”

“Not just the Hungarian people and how great they’ve been, the organisation has been fantastic…but the athletes. They’ve all really delivered. I can’t think of any final where I thought that’s just okay, everyone has been action-packed, so I probably think this is the best ever.”

The crowd giving them a deserved ovation for their efforts over this nine days.

And so befitting this incredible nine days.

She has won gold for Ukraine.

She dropped the baton in the mixed relay, here she has won the race from an impossible position.

The most astonishing final leg. Williams went off too hard for Jamaica and had nothing left in the final strides as the great Bol takes her in the final strides for the Netherlands. Britain take bronze.

Netherlands just a little further back.

She passes on only just behind Jamaica.

Ama Pipi in for Yemi mary John the only change from the heat for Britain.

Their first of the games. What an emotional moment for Yaraslava Mahuchikh. Australia have the other two podium places. Patterson finishes second and Olyslaggers third.

Mitcham ran a fantastic final leg to hold off the challenge of 400m gold medallist Watson. USA win gold, France silver and Britain bronze.

France second and Team GB third but Watson is catching for Jamaica.

The Aussies have both failed twice. Gold looks to be heading to Ukraine.

Jamaica, France and Great Britain behind.

Haydock-Wilson goes first for Team GB.

Unfortunately this means she finishes in fourth but a great effort all the same. The other three all failed their first attempts at 2.01m. Manuchikh wins if no one clears here.

Lake will raise the bar now surely as clearing this height would still leave her in fourth behind the two Aussies and Ukrainian.

Nadeem could not beat his mark and Chopra adds the world javelin crown to his Olympic title.

Just brushing the bar with her backside. Olyslagers has also failed at the height.

He sinks to his knees knowing he has finished fourth again.

She was not far from clearing.

This is another thrilling field event final. She has the countback advantage over Patterson.

Patterson has put herself in pole position now.

20The bar wobbled, but she is over. They will all contest 1.99m now.

The Czech throws 86.67 to go into third behind the India-Pakistan battle.

The Bahrain athlete took the lead just after the bell and powered away from the world record holder. After two fourths she is a world champion. Chepkoech is second and Cherotich comes through to take the bronze. The time of 8:54.29 is just outside the championship record.

These two with a big lead at the bell.

Yavi is in second then Faith Cherotich. Chemutai is in touch but the others some distance behind.

They have the advantage at this stage, but Patterson jumps it on her second attempt showing she is far from done.

This looks a very competitive race.

Honsel also fails her first jump. A chance for the field now.

She is one of eight to pass this mark.

It is an India-Pakistan battle for the javelin. A season’s best for Arshad Nadeem.

Hodgkinson sneaks inside Mu to come through in the inside lane, but could not catch Moraa who took the lead coming off the final bend. Mu is third with Reekie fifth.

Moraa just behind with the two Brits next.

She has jumped 1.99m this season so it is within her capability.

The Indian hurler manages 88.17, not quite the 88.78 he managed in qualifying but it gives him the lead by 4 metres.

He pips Katir of Spain a few metres before the line in 13:11.30. Krop of Kenya comes through to win bronze. The slow pace really played into his hands there.

The other big names are all in the pack behind them. Ingebrigtsen is fifth.

Kipurui has come back to the pack. Ingebrigtsen taking this lead a bit more seriously it seems.

And the pack do not seem too concerned. He has never ran under 13 minutes, although won the Under-20 world cross country.

Kipkurui has made the first move at the 800m mark in the 5000m and has established a 100m lead.

The Brit is one of 11 to have jumped this mark.

It looks like Olympic champion Neerak Chopra is the man to beat here.

All eyes on Jakob Ingebrigtsen, can he make up for the 1500m disappointment.

Olympic champion Eleanor Patterson the first to jump and has no problem with 1.85m.

We’re just 45 minutes away from the off so let’s watch Keely Hodgkinson’s impressive semi-final performance.

World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech and Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai have been lions of the event, but teenagers Jackline Chepkoech and Sembo Almayew look ready to take over.

The women’s high jump and men’s javelin promise to provide the drama we have seen from so many of the field events over these nine days.

Surely they can’t compare to the mixed relay can they? You wouldn’t be surprised. A great way to end the championship.

Does it have to end? What a championship this has been. Before we mourn its loss, we have so much to look forward to tonight. The highlight being the 800m when we are keeping everything crossed Keely Hodgkinson can take gold and Jemma Reekie snare a medal too.

You can watch live coverage of the 2023 World Athletics Championships on discovery+ and eurosport.com, with highlights and reaction on eurosport.com.

Radzi Chinyanganya, a key face of Eurosport’s coverage of Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022, will present coverage from the National Athletics Centre with former British athlete Iwan Thomas – a 4x400m world champion from 1997 – and Robert Korzeniowski, the Polish four-time Olympic gold medallist in walking, providing analysis and expertise.

Caroline de Moraes and Elisa Lukawski will also be on-the-ground reporting on the action in Budapest and interviewing all of the key athletes involved in the World Championships whilst Ben Snowball will also be on the ground in Budapest creating bespoke premium digital content.

As well as live coverage, a 30-minute show will wrap up the best of the action following each day while on-demand clips will be available via discovery+ and the Eurosport app.

The championships will represent the first time the new timeline marker’s function – allowing users to navigate to the points in the action that they wish to go to as they wish – will be utilised on discovery+.