British team celebrate medal rush on final day of World Championships
22.00 BST - What a thrilling end to a fantastic World Championships for Great Britain, with Keely Hodgkinson winning her second world silver medal as the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams secure bronze in one of the most dramatic of endings.
It means GB finish seventh-place in the medal table with 10, matching their record medal haul set in 1993, with less than a year to go until the Paris Olympics.
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Great Britain's medal winners
Gold (two): Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Heptathlon), Josh Kerr (1,500m)
Silver (three): Mixed 4x400m Relay, Matthew Hudson-Smith (400m), Keely Hodgkinson (800m)
Bronze (five): Zharnel Hughes (100m), Ben Pattison (800m), Women’s 4x100m Relay, Men’s 4x400m Relay, Women’s 4x400m Relay
21.43 BST - GB's 4x400m men's relay team have been speaking after clinching a sensational bronze.
Alex Haydock-Wilson: "We come out here and we know that these are the worlds best. In fact it wasn’t long ago that all of us were just watching them on TV thinking ‘man, where would I be in a race like that?’ - and here we are on the podium in a race like that."
Charlie Dobson: "That (his 43.7 split) is unreal. I’m speechless. I am even more speechless than I was two minutes ago. Everything I had to do was for the team. I just had to get in a good position to hand off to Lewis so he could get around again and get to Rio and get around again and get a medal. That’s exactly what we managed to do.
Lewis Davey: "I knew the guys would be crowding up behind me - I just had to do my best and try and get it around to Rio. We are a group of young lads and we came to take on the world.
Rio Mitcham: "I don’t doubt these guys one bit. When he (Watson) came up on my shoulder, I didn’t doubt myself a single, single, single, single centimetre. I just knew I had it in us.
"Haydock’s the guy, Charlie 43.7 - we already know he’s the guy - Lewis he is the guy. I can’t say anything else, I’m too happy. I love these boys, this is what we do it for. That’s it."
21.40 BST - Morgan Lake has spoken of her mixed feelings after competing in the high jump final, where she finished just outside the medal positions in fourth.
"It is a bittersweet moment right now but I think in a few weeks time I will look back at this moment and be really proud of this," she said. "Fourth in the world is something I am very happy with. I was so close to a medal which stings a bit. But I am so grateful with how the season has panned out.
"Third attempt at 1.94m, third attempt at 1.97m – I think after clearing 1.94m it gave me that confidence for the next jump. Obviously it is not fun to do third attempts which is something I need to get better at. But I just had that feeling of just staying in the fight. It’s good to know I can perform under pressure as well.
"It is so nice to get the automatic Olympic qualifying standard tonight, that’s done so I can focus on the rest of the year (2024) building into Paris. Watching this today, I can medal there."
21.26 BST - The GB women's 4x400m relay team have spoken of their delight at winning bronze.
Laviai Nielsen: "We are so strong as a team. We had such incredible words behind the scenes. I knew that if I set it up well these girls would carry it on forward. I was doing it for them as much as myself."
Amber Anning: "I knew the second leg was going to be the strongest. I wanted to go out there and run similar to how I did in the heats. I wanted to get us in a good position and help Nicole and Ama. It was fun. Watching the boys get the bronze gave me so much energy. I knew we could do it and I am just so proud of the girls who brought it home."
Ama Pipi: "We are such a strong team and it is so exciting to be part of it. I know that we are really strong so I was focussing on getting the baton to Nicole in a very good position."
Nicole Yeargin: "I was happy to be in the position I was. All the ladies did so well. I held my own. I tried my best. The last two metres got real loud and it was good entertainment at least. I was swimming for the line."
21.23 BST - Keely Hodgkinson and Jemma Reekie have been giving their reaction to the 800m final.
Hodgkinson won her second successive world silver medal as Reekie finished fifth.
Hodgkinson: "To be consistently up with the best in the world is all I want from my career. (It is) another podium, another medal so that is definitely a positive but I did think I was going to come through on the inside. The line just came quicker than I thought it would.
"I gave it my all, like I always do. I don’t think I put a foot wrong - I’ll have to go watch it back again - but consistency. Another silver - it’s not bronze, it’s not gold - we’re still on the podium."
Reekie: "I am proud of the way I ran it. I was brave and I went out, it was probably just a bit hot in the first lap. I am proud of the way I ran this season. I went to Jon (her coach) in an absolute mess and our goal was always to run under two minutes again consistently. To be here in the final is exciting for next year.
"I really wanted to be up in those medals today but those girls are strong. I have got a lot of work to do but I reckon we can do it for next year."
20.48 BST - The women's 4x400m, the final event of the 2023 World Championships, is about to start.
GB go in lane seven with Jamaica in lane eight and Canada in five. There will be a new world champion after USA were disqualified in the semi-final. Can GB improve on their bronze in 2022?
Canada and Jamaica - who qualified with a world leading run of 3:22.74 - have quicker times than GB this season, but Britain won their semi-final heat, and their time - 3:23.33 - was their season’s best.
We're away!
And Femke Bols wins it for Netherlands! Trailing in third with 200 to go Bol powers through the last 50 meters and surges past GB's Nicole Yeargin and Jamaica's Stacey Ann Williams to win it on the line!
Fantastic redemption from Bol who fell and dropped the baton in the 4x400m mixed relay on the first day, but wins it for Netherlands on the last! Jamaica take the silver and GB the bronze.
Gold: Netherlands, 3:20.72
Silver: Jamaica, 3:20.88 SB
Bronze: GB, 3:21.04 SB
20.43 BST - In the high jump Yaroslava Mahuchikh clears 2.01 with her second attempt and sees the Australian duo - defending champion Patterson and Olympic silver medallist Olyslagers - crash out with all three attempts!
Mahuchikh is the new world champion and Ukraine win their first gold medal of the championship! She's held up by the women's 4x400m relay but finally gets to attempt 2.07 for a personal best, but fails with all three attempts.
It matters not as she puts her arms in the air and celebrates being crowned world champion! What a moment! The two-time world silver medallist and Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist finally has gold! Patterson wins the silver medal on countback.
Gold: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR), 2.01
Silver: Eleanor Patterson (AUS), 1.99 SB
Bronze: Nicola Olyslagers (AUS), 1.99
20.34 BST - The men's 4x400m is about to start! Great Britain go in lane nine with USA lane eight. India in lane five.
India, Botswana and defending champions USA all have quicker times this season - but GB finished third-fastest in the qualifiers. Records are there to be broken, right?
And they're away!
GB win bronze! Rio Mitcham ran a superb final leg to hold off Jamaica's Antonio Watson, who won gold in the 400m. Stunning! USA defend their title and France win silver - their first medal of the championship - setting a new national record in the process.
Gold: USA, 2:57.31 WL
Silver: France, 2:58.45 NR
Bronze: GB, 2:58.71 SB
20.30 BST - In the women's high jump, Lake fails to clear 1.99 and finishes fourth. A terrific effort in her first world championship final. It's now between Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers who will go for gold. The bar has been raised to 2.01m.
20.25 BST - In the men's javelin, Germany's Julian Weber fails to get beyond 86.67 and finishes fourth. Jakub Vadlejch is next up but can't better 87.82m and wins bronze.
It's a battle between Nadeem and Chopra for gold - but Nadeem throws 81.86m! It's not enough! Chopra wins gold!
Chopra steps up to better his world record but manages 83.98. It doesn't matter - Chopra wins the world title for the first time!
Gold: Neeraj Chopra (IND), 88.17m
Silver: Arshad Nadeem (PAK), 87.82 SB
Bronze: Jakub Vadlejch (CZE), 86.67
20.19 BST - Morgan Lake clears 1.94m on her final attempt! She is currently fourth on countback but will now jump 1.99m - her current PB! Eleanor Patterson clears 1.99 - a season's best - but Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh takes the lead with the very next jump.
Lake narrowly misses her first attempt. She has two remaining.
20.16 BST - The men's team for the 4x400m final has been announced: Alex Haydock-Wilson, Charlie Dobson, Lewis Davey and Rio Mitcham. It's as you were in the semi-final with a change of order.
Davey runs second instead of first, Micham anchors the team instead of Haydock-Wilson who starts.
The women's team has also just been announced: Laviai Nielsen, Amber Anning, Ama Pipi and Nicole Yeargin.
Yeargin now anchors the team and Pipi comes in to replace Yemi Mary John who anchored their semi-final.
20.14 BST - Winfred Mutile Yavi wins the women's 3,000m steeplechase to be crowned world champion for the first time - in a world leading time of 8:54.29! Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech - the current world record holder - won silver with teammate Faith Cherotich taking the bronze.
Gold: Winfred Mutile Yavi (BAH), 8:54.29 WL
Silver: Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN), 8:58.98 SB
Bronze: Faith Cherotich (KEN), 9:00.69 PB
20.09 BST - A huge roar erupts in the stadium as Australia's Nicola Olyslagers clears 1.97m in the high jump. Megan Lake fails at her first attempt of the same height and has two remaining.
20.07 BST - We're over halfway in the men's javelin with Chopra leading on 88.17m, with Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem is currently second after throwing a season's best 87.82m. Germany's Julian Weber is third on 85.79m.
20.03 BST - The women's 3000m steeplechase will begin shortly and we will have a new world champion after Norah Jeruto was given a provisional suspension for use of a banned substance.
Kenya's Jackline Chepkoech currently holds the season's best time of 8:57.35.
19.52 BST - Over in the high jump, GB's Megan Lake has one attempt left at 1.94m to stay in the final. Can she do it?
She can! She holds her arms in the air and celebrates. A HUGE jump under pressure. She'll now attempt 1.97m. We're getting close to her personal best here.
19.47 BST - Hodgkinson and Reekie are third and fourth at the bell... what can they do here? They approach the final 200m - it's close! They're running a world leading time as Hodgkinson powers ahead as Reekie fades.. it's a battle for gold but Moraa beats her to the line! Mu takes bronze.
It's another world championship silver for Hodgkinson, but gains revenge on Mu. Reekie finishes fifth on 1:57.72.
Gold: Mary Moraa (KEN), 1:56.03 PB
Silver: Keely Hodgkinson (GBR), 1:56.34
Bronze: Athing Mu (USA), 1:56.61
19.42 BST - The women's 800m final is next up. British hopes rest on Keely Hodgkinson and Jemma Reekie.
Hodgkinson is looking to better her silver from 2022 and is out for revenge against Athing Mu (USA) who won gold in 2022. Can the youngest ever 800m European indoor champion win gold for GB? Can Reekie win her first World Championship medal? She came fourth at Tokyo 2020 and is the current national champion...
We're away!
19.40 BST - Chopra has taken the lead in the pole vault, launching his second attempt 88.17m!
19.32 BST - The bell goes in the 5,000m and the leading pack surge ahead led by Ethiopia's Hagos Ghebrehiwet. But Ingebrigtsen and Spain's Mohamed Katir break away as they aproach the final straight! It's Katir leading with 50 to go...
It's a fight for the line and Ingebrigtsen overtakes him and wins gold! Ingebrigtsen defends his world title! Last year's silver medallist Jacob Krop takes the bronze.
It's redemption for the Norweigan star who narrowly missed out on 1,500m gold earlier in the week.
Gold: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR), 13:11.30 SB
Silver: Mohamed Katir (ESP), 13:11.44
Bronze: Jacob Krop (KEN), 13:12.28
19.19 BST - The men's 5,000m is set to start. Can Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen put the disappointment of losing out to Josh Kerr in the 1,500m to one side and retain his world title? We're underway!
Meanwhile in the high jump Morgan Lake has cleared 1.90m with her first attempt. The next height will be 1.94m.
Elsewhere, in the men's javelin final Neeraj Chopra has received a foul for his first throw putting him last after the first round. It's early days of course, as they all have six attempts - and it's the furthest that counts. Finland's Oliver Helander currently leads on 83.38.
19.13 BST - The men's javelin throw is about to get underway. All eyes are on Chopra... he'll be fourth up.
19:00 BST - And we're away in the high jump! Can Australia's Eleanor Patterson win back-to-back world titles? The Commonwealth Games gold medallist is first up and clears 1.85m at the first attempt.
Lake will be 12th to jump.
18.20 BST - Britain's Morgan Lake has just walked out into the stadium as the women's high jumpers take part in a final warm-up session ahead of their final.
Lake will most likely need to better her personal best, which currently stands at 1.99m, to be in medal contention tonight.
A short time later the men's javelineers walk out. Can anyone compete with India's Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra? He only needed one throw to reach the final, surely he'll need more tonight?
17.00 BST - Ben Pattison has just been awarded the bronze medal for his outstanding run in the 800m yesterday.
Pattison received the award during a ceremony by the Danube after becoming the first British male to medal in the event since Peter Elliott in 1987.
Also collecting their medals are the women's 4x100m relay team who came third yesterday after a terrific race.
16.00 BST - Your three-hour warning! The schedule for tonight will be:
7pm - High Jump final (W) Including GB's Morgan Lake
7.15pm - Javelin Throw final (M)
7.20pm - 5000m final (M)
7.45pm - 800m final (W) Including GB's Keely Hodgkinson and Jemma Reekie
8.05pm - 3000m Steeplechase final (W)
8.37pm - 4x400m final (M) Including the GB team
8.50pm - 4x400m final (W) Including the GB team
15.30 BST - We're just a few hours away from the start of the final evening session at the National Athletics Centre, and while all attention is on the seven medal events, what impact will British success tonight have on the final table?
Great Britain are currently sixth having won seven medals, with Josh Kerr (1,500m) and Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Heptathlon) winning gold, Matthew Hudson-Smith (400m) and the 4x400m mixed relay team clinching silver, with Ben Pattison, Zharnel Hughes and the women's 4x100m team collecting bronze.
GB athletes are competing in four finals this evening, and could climb to second in the table by 10pm. The current top three are:
1st: USA, 27 medals (11 Gold, 8 Silver, 8 Bronze)
2nd: Canada, 6 (4G, 2S)
3rd: Spain, 4 (4G)
09.32 BST - And we start with the first medal of the day as Uganda's Victor Kiplangat stormed the final 15km to win the marathon amid sweltering heat and humidity in the capital.
The Commonwealth champion clocked 2:08:53 to finish ahead of Israel's European silver medallist Maru Teferi, who took second-place with a season's best 2:09:12. Leul Gebresilase of Ethiopia crossed the line 0.07 seconds behind to take the bronze.
Ethiopia's defending champion Tamirat Tola was part of a three-man breakaway with Kiplangat and Gebresilase, but faded and dropped out of the race after 39km.
Lesotho's Tebello Ramakongoana came fourth with a personal best 2:09:57.
"This has been my dream and it has come true at last," Kiplangat said. "Last year I was Commonwealth Games champion and that made me think this year I must become world champion. Now my prayers have been answered and hopefully next year in Paris I will become Olympic champion too.
"It was hard today because it was so hot but I felt comfortable because I prepared well for this weather. I knew it was possible because I had trained well. It was a dream and a mission and I did it today.
"Back home they will be celebrating this victory. My wife and my children, my fans and my whole nation will be proud of me and this gold medal."
09:30 BST - Hello and welcome along to the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest!
It's set to be a scorcher today, both on and off the track. On what is expected to be the hottest day of the year in Hungary, we have no fewer than eight finals - starting with the men's marathon in the city centre this morning, with the women's high jump getting the action underway in the National Athletics Centre this evening.
For Great Britain, after the success of Ben Pattison and the women's 4x100m relay team last night, hopes are high that Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie and Morgan Lake can sign off with medals as they bid for their first world titles.
The trio compete before the men's and women's 4x400m relay teams take their place in the starting line-up for the final events.
It's set to be a thrilling end to an unforgettable championships, and as ever, you can keep up-to-date with all the latest news from Budapest right here.
Relive all the action from the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest
Day 1: GB win first medal, Hughes breezes through 100m heat
Day 2: Hughes wins men's 100m bronze, Johnson-Thompson storms to gold
Day 3: Sha'Carri Richardson wins 100m final to seal maiden world title
Day 4: Faith Kipyegon wins 1,500m as Hudson-Smith breaks European record
Day 5: Kerr wins sensational 1,500m gold, Caudery earns PB in pole vault final
Day 6: Hudson-Smith wins silver in 400m, British trio qualify for 200m finals
Day 7: Noah Lyles and Shericka Jackson make history with stunning 200m wins
Day 8: GB women win stunning 4x100m bronze, Pattison medals in shock 800m
