World Athletics Champs - day five

1 of 12 American Tom Pappas prepares to turn up the heat on overnight decathlon leader Dmitry Karpov in the 110m hurdles

2 of 12 Strong performances for Karpov in the 110m hurdles and discus events were scuppered by a poor pole vault allowing his rivals to catch up

3 of 12 Pappas overtakes Karpov as leader after eight events as the American jumps 5.10m in the pole vault

4 of 12 Pappas comes through a gruelling 1500m in 4m.44.31secs to seal the title with 8,750 points

5 of 12 Robert Korzeniowski celebrates gold in the men's 50km walk and a new world record time of 3:36:03

6 of 12 Britain's Julian Golding successfully negotiates his 200m heat but fails to reach the semi-finals

7 of 12 Britain's Darren Campbell on his way to the semi-finals of the men's 200m - Christian Malcolm also gets through

8 of 12 Favourite Brigitte Foster falls on the line and has to settle for second as Canada's Perdita Felicien takes gold in the 100m hurdles

9 of 12 Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj reflects on his fourth straight world 1500m victory

10 of 12 Briton Lee McConnell finishes in seventh in the women's 400m final

11 of 12 Mexico's Ana Guevara puts in another classy performance to win the 400m title in 48.90 seconds

12 of 12 Britain's Kelly Holmes picks up her 800m silver medal and announces she won't compete in the 1500m competition