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#BREAKING Nigeria's Tobi Amusan sets new world record in 100m hurdles

#UPDATE Nigeria's Tobi Amusan sets a new world record in the women's 100m hurdles at the World Athletics championships in Eugene.

In the first track event of the final session, Amusan streaked to a winning time of 12.12 seconds in the first of three semi-finals

#BREAKING Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen win's men's world 5,000m title

#UPDATE Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen made up for the disappointment of 1,500m silver by winning gold in the world 5,000m.

Ingebrigtsen timed 13min 09.24sec for victory, Kenya's Jacob Krop claimed silver in 13:09.98; Uganda's Oscar Chelimo took bronze (13:10.20)

#BREAKING Athing Mu of United States wins women's 800m gold at world championships

#UPDATE Athing Mu of the United States held off a fierce late challenge from Britain's Keely Hodgkinson to add World Athletics Championships 800m gold to her Tokyo Olympic crown.

Mu battled to hold off Hodgkinson in the final straight before taking gold in 1min 56.30sec

#BREAKING Nigeria's Tobi Amusan sets new world record to win 100m hurdles gold

#BREAKING France's Kevin Mayer wins second world decathlon gold

#UPDATE Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the 100m hurdles in Oregon.

Amusan, who obliterated the world record in the semi-final where she clocked 12.12sec, powered to win the final in 12.06sec

#UPDATE France's Kevin Mayer has won his second world decathlon gold, benefiting from the withdrawal through injury of Olympic champion Damian Warner.

Mayer accrued 8,816 points after 10 disciplines over two days to follow up on previous world gold in 2017 in London

#BREAKING USA win men's 4x400m relay gold

#BREAKING United States win women's 4x400m relay World Championship gold

#UPDATE The United States has won the men's 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene.

The US quartet of Elija Godwin, individual 400m gold medallist Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Champion Allison, clocked 2min 56.17 for victory at Hayward Field

#UPDATE Sydney McLaughlin anchored the US to gold in the women's 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.

McLaughlin stormed home on the final leg as the US quartet won in 3min 17.79sec.

Jamaica won silver in 3:20.74 while Britain took bronze in 3:22.64.

#UPDATE Armand #Duplantis wrapped up the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in stunning fashion on Sunday, setting a new world record in the pole vault as the curtain came down on the 10-day global track and field extravaganza ▶️ u.afp.com/wVNW #AFPSports