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BBC Sport pundit's Michael Johnson and Daley Thompson analyse were it went wrong for Great Britain in the men's 4x100m relay in Beijing.

Watch some of the weird and wonderful moments from day eight of the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Brendan Foster describes Mo Farah as Great Britain's "greatest sportsman" after achieving a distance 'triple-double'.

Usain Bolt brought the curtain down on a spine-tingling evening of athletics by anchoring Jamaica to a fourth successive men's 4x100m title and extended his record breaking personal haul of IAAF World Championships gold ...

The world leader Piotr Malachowski was the man to beat in the final on Saturday night, but the Pole didn't leave his fellow competitors a chance, earning his first world title after two silver medal performances in 2009 ...

The IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 reaches its climax on Sunday (30) with seven titles to be decided. Here we preview the final day of action inside the Bird's Nest stadium.

If you start well enough in the 4x100m relay, you only have to avoid disaster the rest of the way.

Once again the question has to be posed, just how do you beat Mo Farah?

The Jamaican quartet, anchored by 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, set a Championship record time of 41.07 as they take gold in the 4x100m relay in Beijing.

It was never going to be easy - world records never are - but Ashton Eaton had decided that three years and two months was long enough for his mark of 9039 to stand.

Kenya's defending champion Euince Sum ended up having to settle for the bronze medal on this occasion after a tense and enthralling three-way battle down to home straight as Marina Arzamasova returned the world 800m titl...

Belarus athlete Marina Arzamasova pips Canada's Melissa Bishop to 800m gold at the World Championships in Beijing.

Defending champion Ashton Eaton kept alive his dreams of breaking the decathlon world record after throwing 63.63m in the penultimate event, the javelin.

USA's Ashton Eaton leads the decathlon with 6451 points after seven events and, barring disaster, looks set to win his second consecutive world title.

The basic aim of the heats is 4x100m is simple. Make sure you get the baton or stick - depending on what terminology you prefer - around one lap safely. This is usually something easier said than done, but today the figh...

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce anchored Jamaica to a world-leading 41.84 in the heats of the 4x100m relay in Saturday's morning session.

Nigeria, who have never finished higher than fifth in this event at the IAAF World Championships, emerged as a potential medal contender on Saturday morning's heats after an assured and emphatic win in the first of two h...

Sixteen teams fought for lanes in the 4x400m final on Sunday night. Three top finishers from each of the two heats qualified automatically, while two more teams advanced to the final by time.

Great Britain's men's and women's 4x100m relay teams qualify for the finals at the World Championships in Beijing.

Presumably Matej Toth shook hands with some of his fellows before the start of the 50km road walk on Saturday morning. It would be some time before he would see any of them again.

Slovakia are celebrating their first ever World Championship gold medal, after Matej Toth won the men's 50km walk.

Great Britain's men's and women's 4x400m relay teams qualify for the finals on Sunday at the World Championships in Beijing.