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Everything you need to know ahead of the showpiece event in Budapest

Great Britain have equalled their best-ever haul after three more medals to close the event on day nine

Modesty becomes a triple world record holder to the point of saintliness but the acoustics inject an air of the diabolical into the sparkling new stadium on the banks of the Danube where the cameras add a touch of evil.

Femke Bol fell in the closing stages of the 4x400m mixed relay in Budapest as Great Britain capitalised to take silver

Two Dutch athletes fell to the floor agonisingly close to the finish line and gold medals on Saturday to provide a dramatic climax to the first day of action at the world athletics championships in Budapest.

Johnson-Thompson is 93 points behind the United States’ Anna Hall after day one.

Avinash Sable's stoic facade cracked on Day 1 of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. He failed to qualify for the 3000m steeplechase final, finishing 7th with a time of 8:22.24. Other Indian athletes also fell short of their season's bests, with Shaili Singh's 6.40m long jump the most disappointing.

Johnson-Thompson is fourth overall while Laura Muir is safely through in the 1500m.

Avinash Sable, India's 3000m steeplechase record holder, failed to qualify for the World Athletics Championships final in Budapest. Despite months of overseas training funded by the Sports Ministry, Sable finished 7th in his heat. He was the lead runner at 2300m, but lost momentum in the last lap. Sable had…

Álvaro Martin won the first gold medal of the 2023 world athletics championships on Saturday in the men's 20km walk.

Everything you need to know ahead of the event in Budapest