On the penultimate day in Budapest, the United States won the women's 4x100m relay gold as Sha'Carrie Richardson and Gabby Thomas came into the team to see them home ahead of regular rivals Jamaica in a championship record time of 41.03 seconds yesterday.
It followed the USA’s men who won their 4x100m relay, which gave Noah Lyles his third gold medal.
"It feels amazing along with these ladies to do what it is that we've been training to do, no matter what may be put out there, we know what we need to do," Richardson said after the race. "We all had a common goal and that was to come out here and win."
In the absence of Dina Asher-Smith - missing following disappointing performances in the 100m and 200m – Britain’s quartet clocked 41.97 seconds, coming behind the USA and Jamaica. Danielle Williams did, however, keep the gold medals rolling for Jamaica after beating Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn to win gold in the women's 100m hurdles in 12.43 seconds.
Elsewhere, Great Britain’s Ben Pattison claimed a shock 800m bronze medal with a sensational run on his Championships debut after crossing the line in one minute 44.83 seconds to earn his first global medal. The 21-year-old is the first British man to win a world 800m medal since Peter Elliott in Rome in 1987.
“My friend wrote a song about me winning a medal,” a shocked and delighted Pattison said. said. In the women's 400m hurdles, the Netherlands' Femke Bol won gold in 51.70 seconds, bouncing back after falling in the 4x400m mixed relay final.
Earlier in the World Athletics Championships, world record holder Faith Kipyegon of Kenya won 5,000m gold to add to her 1500m victory.
In the pole vault, Sweden's Armand Duplantis retained his world men's title in Budapest, going close on three occasions in a bid to better his own world record.
It followed the women’s competition, where American, Katie Moon, was part of history after her decision to share the gold medal after agreeing to share the title with Australia's Nina Kennedy rather than continue with a jump-off after each missed three goes at 4.95m. It is the first time a gold has been shared in the competition's history.
