A medal lost,a medal won

In the mens 4215;100 relay,Britain were disqualified,continuing their relay woes of past championships in which they have often failed to get the baton around a full lap. The Britons were penalised after a changeover mistake between Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and James Ellington who minutes earlier had told the BBC that the team had got the changeovers down to a tee now. However,Britains rotten luck improved in the womens 4215;100 where they finished fourth in the race. France crossed in second place but were disqualified after the medal ceremony,the US upgraded to silver and Britain bronze. The British team filed a protest against the French team,saying they had changed outside the sector in the second baton exchange. France were then disqualified and launched an appeal which was rejected.

Hop,skip,4th longest jump

Teddy Tamgho left it late to win Frances only gold of the Worlds on Sunday but it was well worth the wait as he did it with the fourth-longest triple jump in history. Tamghos 18.04 metre leap in the last round put him behind only American Kenny Harrison 18.09 and Jonathan Edwardss 1995 world record of 18.29 and the Britons earlier 18.16 in the same Gothenburg event on the all-time list. Pedro Pablo Pichardo set the early pace with 17.68m,only for Tamgho see pic: right to match it exactly and move ahead on countback.