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Josh Kerr wins gold in men's 3,000m
  1. Postpublished at 18:21 GMT 21 March

    Men’s 3,000m final

    Paula Radcliffe
    Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC Two

    This is going to be a phenomenal and extremely exciting race to watch because there are so many permutations in the way it could pan out.

    Josh Kerr has done extremely well to build back from that nasty calf tear. He is a championship performer and he will be relishing racing this field.

  2. Postpublished at 18:21 GMT 21 March

    Men’s 3,000m final

    Greg Rutherford
    Former world and Olympic long jump champion on BBC Two

    Josh Kerr is constantly giving off confidence. He believes he can win this.

    There's an argument to say that maybe he won't be completely race-ready because he hasn't competed much indoors but, within his ability and his mindset, he is out there to win.

    Everything about him is about winning.

  3. Kerr going for gold after Tokyo heartbreakpublished at 18:20 GMT 21 March

    Men's 3,000m final

    Josh Kerr suffers an injury in the world 1500m finalImage source, Getty Images

    No time to take a breather - it's the men's 3,000m in a few minutes and we've got Great Britain's Josh Kerr in the thick of the action.

    Kerr's previous bid for glory on a global stage was wrecked by the calf tear he sustained in the 1500m final in Tokyo.

    Just six months later, Britain's 2023 world champion has managed to get himself back into gold medal contention as he seeks to reclaim the world indoor 3,000m title he won in Glasgow two years ago.

    "Last time out at the World Championships I dragged myself across the line. Now I'm sitting here having a conversation about going after a gold medal," Kerr told BBC Sport.

    "You kind of have to have a short memory span. Once the career's over I can look back and see the amazing moments and the bad ones, and I can appreciate those, but it's just not the position I want to be in right now.

    "I just want to go after those big moments for myself and there's a lot of work that goes into that."

  4. What did the British athletes do this morning?published at 18:18 GMT 21 March

    Here's a reminder of the British results in the morning session.

    Keely Hodgkinson was fastest in the women's 800m in a time of one minute 58.53 seconds, but team-mate Isabelle Boffey missed out on Sunday's final with a finish of 2:01.12 in her race.

    Ben Pattison was also unable to make the final of the men's 800m, setting a time of 1:46.85 in a field led by Cooper Lutkenhaus of the United States.

    Dina Asher-Smith (7.07) and Amy Hunt (7.15) were fifth and ninth fastest to make it through to the women's 60m semi-finals later tonight.

    We've got highlights below, or you can watch reaction from the British athletes in the carousel at the top of this page.

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    World Indoor Athletics Championships: Hodgkinson qualifies fastest for 800m final

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    World Indoor Athletics Championships: Dina Asher‑Smith & Amy Hunt into 60m semis

  5. Postpublished at 18:16 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Paula Radcliffe
    Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC Two

    Freweyni Hailu will absolutely claim that her fall cost her, and it absolutely did.

    I'm not sure she would've had enough to fend off Nadia Battocletti in the form that she has just displayed.

    The moment it went out as slow as it did, it was playing into her hands. We know that she can finish quickly and nobody could touch her today.

  6. gold-medal

    Italy's Nadia Battocletti wins goldpublished at 18:14 GMT 21 March
    Breaking

    Women's 3,000m final

    Nadia Battocletti celebrates winning the women's 3000m finalImage source, Getty Images

    The Italian was always there or thereabouts, and had enough to turn on the afterburners in the final 100m.

    Emily Mackay, the USA champion, takes silver, with bronze for Jess Hull of Australia.

    2025 champion Frewenyi Hailu finishes sixth. She will not be happy after being knocked down earlier in the race.

    Katie Snowden and Hannah Nuttall, the British duo, finish ninth and 10th respectively.

  7. Postpublished at 18:14 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Hannah Nuttall has not been able to keep pace in the final laps.

    Jess Hull is the leader into the final 200m...

  8. Postpublished at 18:13 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Three laps to go.

    Frewenyi Hailu has brilliantly got herself back in contention after that heavy fall.

  9. Postpublished at 18:12 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Andrew Cotter
    Commentator on BBC Two

    The ultimate challenge when you fall down is whether you can get back up and get back into it.

    If anyone can, Freweyni Hailu can. She still has time to get back into this.

  10. Postpublished at 18:12 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Hannah Nuttall has kicked and has moved up among the frontrunners!

    Can she stay there?

  11. Postpublished at 18:11 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Into the final 1,000m and the pace has kicked up.

    The two Brits are at the back of the field and need to find something in the final five laps.

  12. Postpublished at 18:10 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Frewenyi Hailu has fallen, amid a huge amount of pushing and shoving!

    Replays show Spain's Marta Garcia nudged Jess Hull into Hailu, who hit the deck pretty hard.

    Hailu manages to get up and catch up with the pack, but she will have expended a lot of energy there.

  13. Postpublished at 18:09 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    One of the two Ethiopians, Aleshign Baweke, has moved up to the front.

    1,200m gone and it is still pretty slow.

  14. Postpublished at 18:07 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Australia's Jess Hull - the only woman racing in both 1500m and 3,000m at this meet - is sat at the back of the field alongside the Ethiopians.

    It is a very serene pace so far. Once the back-sitters kick, we should see the pace rapidly increase.

  15. Postpublished at 18:06 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    Away they go for 15 laps of this 200m track.

    Unsurprisingly it is very crowded out there.

  16. Postpublished at 18:05 GMT 21 March

    Women's 3,000m final

    They're lining up on track for the third medal race of the evening, already.

    Reigning indoor champion Frewenyi Hailu of Ethiopia is hot favourite, but UK champion Hannah Nuttall has a shot at a medal if she races well here.

  17. Postpublished at 18:03 GMT 21 March

    Men's heptathlon - 1,000m

    Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
    Three-time world heptathlon champion on BBC Two

    It has been performance after performance after performance for Simon Ehammer.

    He has carried that speed through the whole event and powered the world record home.

    I can't explain to you how fatigued you are at this stage, especially knowing a gold medal and a world record are on the line. It is some feat for him.

    Simon Ehammer in actionImage source, Getty Images
  18. Postpublished at 18:02 GMT 21 March

    Men's pole vault final

    We have our first exit, as David Holy of the Czech Republic fails three times at 5.70m. The field of 12 becomes a field of 11.

    Mondo Duplantis goes for 5.85m... clears it. By miles.

  19. Saturday's Brit watchpublished at 18:00 GMT 21 March

    Josh Kerr, the 2023 world champion and 2024 Olympic silver medallist over 1500m, will attempt to regain the 3,000m title he won in Glasgow two years ago.

    The finale tonight at 20.20 GMT is the women's 60m final. Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith will aim to be involved - the semis are at 19.14 GMT.

    Hannah Nuttall and Katie Snowden are the first Brits in medal action in the women's 3000m at 18.04 GMT, and Georgina Forde-Wells will go for a triple jump medal.

  20. Postpublished at 17:59 GMT 21 March

    Men's heptathlon - 1,000m

    Steve Cram
    1983 1500m champion on BBC Two

    Ashton Eaton's world record from 2012 has been taken apart by Simon Ehammer!

    He gave himself the chance with the pole vault this afternoon and he takes a personal best in the 1,000m now.