Australia's Brooke Buschkuehl has finished an agonising two centimetres short of a medal in the women's long jump at the World Athletic Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
The ever-consistent Buschkuehl's best jump of 6.87 metres came in the second round of the final, in which she finished in fifth place.
Germany's Malaika Mihambo (7.12m) added a second successive world title to her Tokyo Olympics gold medal.
Esa Brume from Nigeria (7.02m) and Brazil's Leticia Oro Melo (6.89m) claimed the minor medals.
Buschkuehl, 29, bettered her six-year-old personal best with a leap of 7.13m in California earlier this month.
The Commonwealth Games silver medallist has now finished inside the top 10 at the past two Olympics and the 2017, 2019 and 2022 world championships.
In other results, Australia's Cedric Dubler was eighth in the decathlon, compiling a points tally of 8,246.
Daniel Golubovic was 14th, while Austrlaia's Olympic bronze medallist Ash Moloney did not finish the event because of a knee injury.
Australian Michelle Jenneke moved to second on the national all-time list behind Sally Pearson in the 100m hurdles.
Jenneke ran 12.66 to finish fifth in her semifinal behind Nigeria's Tobi Amusan, who set a world record of 12.12 seconds before claiming gold in the final.
Jenneke's compatriot Celeste Mucci was disqualified in her semifinal.
Earlier, Rhydian Cowley finished 18th in the men's 35km walk, while fellow Australian Carl Gibbons did not finish the race.
Australia finished the world titles with three medals, healdined by golds to Eleanor Patterson in the women's high jump and Kelsey-Lee Barber in the women's javelin.
Nina Kennedy claimed bronze in the women's pole vault.
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