Like the final burst of a fireworks display, the last day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene produced a spectacular showing that included world records for Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis and Nigeria’s 100 metres hurdler Tobi Amusan of, respectively, 6.21 metres and 12.12sec.

Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay secured a breakthrough global victory in the women’s 5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships on a day when three Olympic champions also topped the podium and Canada’s men’s 4x100m relay team beat the hosts to gold.

Two home hopefuls crashed out in the women's 100 metres hurdles in the opening session of the penultimate day at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Peru’s Kimberly Garcia Leon secured a historic double in Eugene as she won the inaugural 35 kilometres race walk at the World Athletics Championships a week after securing gold in the women’s 20km event.

Toshikazu Yamanishi, who won the world men’s 20 kilometres race walk title for Japan on Friday (July 22), is one of six new members voted on to the Athletes’ Commission in Eugene.

The men’s and women’s 200 metres delivered richly in Eugene as Noah Lyles defended his world title in a United States record of 19.31sec - leading a second home sweep in the men’s sprints - and Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson earned a first global gold in 21.45, the second fastest time ever.

Brooke Andersen, winner of last Sunday’s women’s hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, became the latest athlete to donate items to the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) collection at "Gathering of Champions".

China’s Bin Feng was a surprise winner of the women’s discus title and Kazakhstan’s former Kenyan 3,000 metres steeplechaser Norah Jeruto won gold in a super-fast final at the World Athletics Championships on a day when three-times champion Caster Semenya failed to progress in her new distance.

Britain's Jake Wightman beat Norway's 1500 metres gold medallist Jacob Ingebrigtsen to the world title in Eugene on a sensational evening of athletics at Hayward Field that saw a new generation of champions emerge.

 Gotytom Gebreslase matched the performance of fellow Ethiopian Tamirat Tola today as she won the women’s world marathon title in a Championship record of 2hr 18min 11sec.

You can say what you like about the disqualification of Devon Allen from the world 110 metres hurdles final in Eugene for a false start - and many people have been - but it was certainly the polar opposite of a hometown, or TrackTown, decision.

Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda retained his men’s world 10,000 metres title in a thrillingly unpredictable final at Hayward Field, taking gold in 27min 27.43sec in the morning session of day three at the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships.

Fred Kerley led a United States clean sweep of the men’s 100 metres medals on day two of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, clocking 9.86sec to finish ahead of compatriots Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell, who took silver and bronze, respectively, in 9.88.

Ethiopia’s world 10,000 metres world record holder Letesenbet Gidey earned a World Athletics Championships title to go with it in Eugene as she held off a top-class field that included Kenya’s double world 5,000m gold medallist Hellen Obiri and defending champion Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands to win in 30min 09.34sec.

Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono, winner of the Boston and Chicago Marathons in 2019, and Randolph Ross, who won Olympic gold last summer as part of the United States 4x400 metres relay team, are both out of the World Athletics Championships in Eugue due to receiving provisional anti-doping suspensions.