overcoming illness, while the last event of the night saw a gold lost in the last 20 metres, as colm harrison reports. the women's 400 metres final was seen as the women's 400 metres final was seen as a the women's 400 metres final was seen as a showdown between the defending champion, alison phoenix, of the usa, and shaunae millerfrom the bahamas. she was on course to add her title. but she stumbled with the finish—line insight and was taken over in the final metres. it was philip francis coming through to get gold. a first individual medal for the usa regular who seemed as stunned as anyone. norway got the 400 metres hurdles. leading from gun until tape. the first gold for the country in the event and the first medal of the championships. and china got the only field goal on offer on wednesday. throwing 19 metres to win shotput. the action of the night began with the bizarre sight of botswa na's the night began with the bizarre sight of botswana's isaac makwala on a 200 metre time trial on his own. he was temporarily barred from earlier attempts after being diagnosed with a virus. after rep

overcoming illness, while the last event of the night saw a gold lost in the last 20 metres, as colm harrisoninal was seen the women's 400 metres final was seen as a the women's 400 metres final was seen as a showdown between the defending champion, alison phoenix,

although, he came up just short, as colm harrison reports. botswa na's makwala was botswana's makwala was the favourite but it was expected that wayde van niekerk or dutch michaeljohnson‘s double 20 years ago, despite the fa ct double 20 years ago, despite the fact wayde van niekerk is not through as one of the fastest qualifiers in a semi—final which was won by ramil guliyev. the south african was leading down the home straight but had to settle for silver in the end as ramil guliyev beat him for the second time in as many days to claim turkey's first gold medal of the championships. and there was more of a shop in the 400 metres hurdles as the czech republic haynova was expecting to win, but it was kori carter to claim the first medal of her career. in the triple jump, christian taylor did not get the world record he wanted, although he did retain his world title with i7 he did retain his world title with 17 metres and 68 centimetres. elsewhere, caster semenya through to the semi—final in the 1500 metres, -- 1800 the semi—final in the 1500

although, he came up just short, as colm harrison reports.swana's makwala was the favourite but it was expected that wayde van niekerk or dutch michaeljohnson's

colm harrison has more.wn between the defending champion, alison phoenix of the usa, and shaunae miller—uibo from the bahamas. and the latter was on course to add the world title to her olympic gold, but she stumbled with the finish—line in sight, and was overtaken in the final metres. it was phyllis francis coming through to get gold. a first individual medal for the usa relay regular, who seemed as stunned as anyone by her victory. norway got the a00m hurdles, leading from gun until the tape. giving the country their first gold in the event, and the first medal of the championships. and china got the only field goal on offer on wednesday, throwing 19 metres to win the women's shot put. the action of the night began with the bizarre sight of botswana's isaac makwala taking part in a 200m time trial on his own. he was controversially barred from earlier attempts after being diagnosed with a virus. after repeating his 48—hour quarantine, he was given a chance to qualify for the 200m. he had to go faster than