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Berlin 2009 - Day 9 SUMMARY - 23 Aug

Berlin, Germany - Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia looked as if he had left himself open to defeat in the 5000 metres, by doing the majority of the leading at too leisurely a pace, on the final, Day Nine of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. But Bekele obviously wanted to do it the hard way. He didn’t even try to wind it up with a kilometre to go, but left it ‘til the last lap, even the final 200 metres. Defending champion, and most experienced man in the field, Bernard Lagat had run cannily, and was poised on Bekele’s shoulder, with half a lap left. Lagat duly kicked past into the straight, but Bekele was equal to the challenge, and eased away to victory in 13:17.09, punching the air in an unprecedented display of satisfaction as he crossed the line. He had run the last lap in 53.81sec, and added the 5000m title to the 10,000m gold he won earlier in the week, the first man in championships history to double. Lagat won silver, to go with his 1500m bronze, in 13:17.33, and bronz...

Live - Athletics World Championships

2044: Women's 200m final coming up. GB's Emily Freeman in the final. In lane two and facing some fierce runners. Can Felix win again? 2040: Rimmer is puffing and panting and struggling. Amine Laalou wins with Lopez in second with a brilliant diving finish over the line. Desperate stuff. Rimmer looked cream crackered. Will be interesting to see what he says about that one. He says: "It was tough. That was the best I could produce. I gave it my all - I just didn't have it on the day. I'm proud I got in good enough shape to be here but I just didn't have it." 2034: Rimmer up next in the last heat of the 800m. C'mon Michael my son. Up against David Rudisha who Steve Cram calls "brilliant". 2029: Another very fast 800m semi. Yusuf Kamel bursts through to win. Asbel Kiprop gets bumped and then gives up and falls to the back. Former Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy in second ahead of Alfred Kirwa Yego. Tom Fordyce on Twitter in Berlin: "The...