BBC: World Athletics Championships

(MENAFN- SomTribune) 15:20: Day seven of the World Championships certainly did not disappoint. And now it is time to say goodbye.

So thank you for joining us and for your comments. We will be back for day eight at about 11:00 BST on Saturday.

Don't forget, our highlights show will be broadcast at 19:00 BST tonight on BBC Two if you have missed or want to relive any of the action. Bye for now.

Posted at15:14

What a day for Shara Proctor. She rewrote the British athletics record books as she became the first British female long jumper to go over 7m, as she claimed a silver medal.

So one of the most dramatic moments of the day came in the 200m when Dafne Schippers won the gold.

The Netherlands sprinter became the third fastest in the 200m with her winning time of 21.63 seconds.

So Great Britain have today picked up their fourth medal of the World Championships with Shara Proctor winning a silver in the women's long jump.

Lorraine Ugen (fifth, long jump), Tiffany Porter (fifth, women's 100m hurdles) and Dina Asher-Smith (fifth, women's 200m) will be ruefully thinking of what might have been.

Posted at15:00

What a night in Beijing. The new women's 200m world champion Dafne Schippers is understandably a little bit happy as she talks with BBC Sport's Phil Jones.

"Wow. It's crazy. A European record. I'm the world's best. Wow. Crazy. I'm so happy," screams a very-excited Schippers.

That was about the gist of it. Schippers' time of 21.63 seconds was the third best of all time. Only Florence Griffith-Joyner (21.34 in 1988) and Marion Jones (21.62 in 1998) have gone quicker.

American Christian Taylor, who has just collected his triple jump gold, has had a busy night in Beijing as he also was cheering on training partner Shara Proctor, the Briton who took silver in the women's long jump.

"There were some mental hurdles Shara had to get over and she really dialled into that," said Taylor. "I was just telling her to be in that moment and build off the energy. It's a special night and you don't often get this opportunity.

"Up to the fifth last jump she was in the number one spot. But it only takes one performance and someone else can take that gold. Unfortunately she just lost out but it's a new national record."

Posted at14:51 ‘That medal was thrown away' Women's 100m hurdles

Former British sprinter on BBC Radio 5 live

I have to say it - Tiffany Porter felt the pressure. You're not there until you cross the line. That medal was thrown away.

Posted at14:45

I'm very disappointed. You go out there to do your best, I tried my best, it didn't happen so I have to congratulate the ladies who medalled. I made a lot of mistakes.

Two hundredths of a second separate Tiffany Porter from a bronze medal.

Colin Jackson

"It was an incredible performance by the other Europeans in the race. It was always going to be a blanket finish so it was no surprise to see it. Porter should not have tried to correct her line. In a straight race if you're not impeding anyone you won't get disqualified for leaving your lane. The fact she tried to check herself, cost her the bronze medal."

BBC athletics expert on Radio 5 live

Agony. If that was the World Indoor Championships over 60m we'd be looking at a British winner. Tiffany Porter started over striding, losing momentum and the rest of the field engulfed her and spat her out. That is agony. I can feel the pain.

Posted at14:36

One of those sisters, Danielle Williams, has the Jamaican flag in her hands. She wins gold.

It is a finish that will haunt Tiffany Porter. The Briton was leading with two hurdles to go, she mistimes it, loses her line and misses out on a medal by the narrowest margin. She falls over the line and crumples in a heap.

She ends up face down on the track and when she looks up she sees that the scoreboard has her in fifth position.

There are two sisters in the women's 100m hurdles final. With Danielle and Shermaine Williams running for Jamaica.

For Britain, Tiffany Porter has a chance of gold, but her younger sister Cindy Ofili has to watch from the sidelines after failing to make it through her semi-final.

Allison Curbishley

Posted at14:33

Russia are having a pretty dismal champs but that man Shubenkov has just made them smile. I must admit I did not see that one coming, he looked good through the rounds but all eyes were on David Oliver. But he clattered the hurdle with his lead leg and that ruined his chances. Everyone was hoping it could be a Hollywood blockbuster for Aries Merritt but to finish with a medal is just unbelievable. He will always smile and come over and chat. I touched his shoulder and he's got almost no muscle definition, he's so skinny, because of his kidney problems. You just hope and pray everything goes well with his operation. He is a beautiful hurdler.

It is a frantic session at the Bird's Nest stadium. Tiffany Porter goes in the women's 100m hurdles final shortly. But firstly, some more analysis on the men's 110m hurdles.

This is my fifth World Championships and I knew I had to compete. I feel like a winner, I don't care about the colour of the medal. I was told I might not be strong enough. I'm here, I conquered.

Posted at14:29 They started the competition slowly but it has got better for the American team. Their national anthem is ringing around the Bird's Nest stadium as Christian Taylor is presented with his medal. He produced the second-longest jump in history of 18.21m to take his second world title.

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