Day 9: Evening

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Just one more event to come tomorrow, the men's marathon. 21:10:26

What a spectacular end to the action in the Olympic Stadium for the London 2012 Games. 21:10:03

Canada has been disqualified. Trinidad & Tobago move into third (pending appeals). 21:06:39

In second, USA equalled the previous world record with 37.04. Canada get bronze with 38.07. 21:03:17

WOOOOORRRRLLLD RECOOOORD! 36.84 BY JAMAICA! 21:02:24

Just one more track event of the London 2012 Olympic Games to go - the men's 4x100m. 20:56:16

Chicherova is confirmed as the Olympic high jump champion. Barrett takes silver, Shkolina bronze. 20:35:30

Russia were second (3:20.23), Jamaica third (3:20.95). Ukraine fourth, Great Britain fifth. 20:34:51

USA win in 3:16.88! The fastest time in the world since 1993! 20:34:11

Unofficial 48.5 split from Allyson Felix. USA have a huge lead from Russia, Jamaica and Ukraine. 20:32:33

Chicherova 2.05m! 20:31:47

Trotter will give the USA a good lead on the first leg of the 4x400 20:31:19

Walcott is the youngest ever winner of the Olympic javelin title. 20:26:07

19-year-old Keshorn Walcott is the Olympic javelin champion! 20:25:24

Two-time Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen will end in sixth place (82.63m). 20:24:01

Vesely improves to 83.34m on his final attempt, but he'll finish fourth and outside the medals. 20:22:28

And now Shkolina goes clear at 2.03m! 20:22:04

2.03m for Barrett! She goes into the silver medal position! 20:21:15

HUGE clearance over 2.03m from Chicherova. How much higher can she go?! 20:17:03

Antti Ruuskanen has moved into the bronze medal position in the javelin with 84.12m. 20:16:23

Defending champion Tia Hellebaut also goes out. The medals will be between Shkolina, Chicherova, Beitia and Barrett. 20:11:39

Chaunte Lowe is out of the high jump final, failing at 2.00m. 20:10:35

Beitia and Barrett go clear at 2.00m in the high jump. Four women have cleared that height now. 20:08:55

Savinova won by more than a second with a world-leading 1:56.19. Semenya clocked a SB of 1:57.23 with Poistogova running 1:57.53 PB. 20:07:49

Savinova is the Olympic 800m champion! Semenya comes through for silver with Poistogova catching Jelimo for the bronze. 20:06:53

Montano takes the field through 400m in 56.31. 20:05:23

The last individual track final of the Games - the women's 800m - will shortly begin. 20:02:47

The high jump bar is already up to 2.00m with eight women left in. Shkolina and Chicherova go clear first time. They share the lead. 20:00:47

Teams for men's 4x100 final. JAM: Carter, Frater, Blake, Bolt. USA: Kimmons, Gatlin, Gay, Bailey. 19:59:43

JAM: Day, Whyte, Williams, Williams-Mills. GBR: Cox, McConnell, Shakes-Drayton, Ohuruogu. 19:58:57

Teams for women's 4x400 final. RUS: Gushchina, Krivoshapka, Firova, Antyukh. USA: Trotter, Felix, McCorory, Richards-Ross. 19:58:16

Oleksandr Pyatnytsya goes into second with 84.51m in the javelin. 19:54:02

A few changes in the javelin. Pitkamaki is in second (82.68m), Thorkildsen third (82.63m). Walcott still leads by almost two metres. 19:51:20

Gebremeskel was second, Longosiwa third. Lagat was out of the medals in fourth with Koech in fifth, Iguider sixth, Rupp seventh. 19:49:09

Farah's time was 13:41.66, having covered the final lap in 52.94 19:47:56

MO FARAH WINS THE DOUBLE! 19:46:02

10 men still there at the bell 19:45:05

Farah now hits the front with a lap and a half to go. 19:44:32

Alamirew and Gebremeskel are now at the front of the 5000m field and the pace has picked up significantly. Just four laps to go. 19:41:33

Keshorn Walcott improves to 84.58m in the javelin! Just 11cm shy of the world junior record! 19:40:00

Spiridon Lebesis of Greece improves to 81.91m in the javelin, consolidating his second place. 19:37:10

Mo Farah moves from the back of the field into the lead, but the pace is still slow. 19:35:43

After a slow first lap, Hayle Ibrahimov has shot into the lead. 19:33:29

Time now for the men's 5000m final... 19:30:49

National record of 83.51m by world junior champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad & Tobago! Puts him 3rd on the world junior all time list. 19:27:52

The women's high jump final is underway, and all went clear at 1.89m. The bar is now up to 1.93m. 19:20:03

And we're back in the Olympic stadium for the final full evening session. It's all gone so fast! 19:02:58

China and Russia fill the top six places. Five of them went inside the previous Olympic record. 18:30:35

In just her third race over 20km, Lashmanova becomes the youngest ever Olympic race walk champion and sets a world record (1:25:02). 18:30:07

Kaniskina finishes just seven seconds behind Lashmanova in 1:25:09. Qieyang sets an Asian record of 1:25:16 in third. 18:26:52

World record - 1:25:02! 18:25:25

Lashmanova has gone into the lead! 18:24:42

Lashmanova is just a few seconds behind Kaniskina now. She could catch her! 18:22:49

Kaniskina is back on world record pace. An 8:29 final lap would see her break Sokolova's 1:25:08. 18:20:52

Kaniskina has picked up her pace and threw in an 8:27 lap. But Lashmanova covered it in 8:20. Her lead might be too big though. 18:18:23

If Kaniskina and Lashmanova continue at the pace they're currently going, it could be a very close finish indeed... 18:12:34

Second-placer Lashmanova produced the fastest lap of the race on that last 2km circuit with 8:23. 18:11:25

1:08:11 for Kaniskina at 16km. Her lead is down to 24 seconds and the WR now looks unlikely. Can she hold on another four km? 18:10:07

Looks like Lashmanova, 19, is making a break. She beat Kankiskina earlier this year. This is just her third race over the distance. 18:06:35

Worth noting that the chasers are chipping away at Kaniskina's lead. It was 43 seconds at 12km. Now just 36 seconds. 18:05:30

The chase pack is down to three and they're just a few seconds behind Liu. Kaniskina's lead is 33 seconds. 18:01:01

After seeing her husband win silver in the 50km earlier today, Claire Tallent has been disqualified. 17:58:29

In Beijing Kaniskina also went off fast. She had a 45-second lead at halfway (42:43) and went on to set the Olympic record (1:26:31) 17:57:55

Outside of the top six (all RUS and CHN), Elisa Rigaudo is out on her own in 7th place, 22 seconds behind the chase pack. 17:55:24

Haha - we have an imposter on the course! A squirrel has just run across the road! 17:54:10

Liu is now 22 seconds behind Kaniskina and just 21 seconds ahead of the chasers. 17:53:18

51:05 for Kaniskina at 12km. A very marginal drop of pace, but still on course for a low-1:25. 17:52:22

At 8km, Liu was 38 seconds ahead of the chase pack. They're now just 26 seconds behind. Is Liu paying for her early fast pace? 17:48:52

42:33 for Kaniskina at halfway as she continues to churn out the 8:30 laps. She now has a 17-second lead over Liu. 17:44:28

34:02 at 8km for Kaniskina, maintaining her world record pace. Liu is now four seconds behind and has just got her first warning. 17:35:36

Kaniskina has won the past four global titles. But Liu has been steadily improving at each of those champs and took silver last year. 17:30:15

Kaniskina has pulled a few metres clear of Liu now. Still all to play for, though. 17:29:01

The chase pack of six athletes are more than half a minute behind. They're not even a third of the way into the race yet. 17:28:02

Liu and Kaniskina go through 6km in 25:32 - that's world record pace! 17:27:09

Liu and Kaniskina are still leading at 4km (17:03). The rest are 18 seconds behind. 17:23:25

The first 2km has been covered in a swift 8:33 - that's 1:25:30 pace! 17:10:31

World silver medallist Liu Hong isn't wasting any time either and has moved up right behind Kaniskina 17:06:09

We're back for the women's 20km walk, and already defending champion Olga Kaniskina has a big lead, just a few minutes into the race. 17:03:22

Jonathan Mulkeen

blogger for IAAF

Athletics nut, writer, designer, photographer, cake eater and father of a future Olympian. @JonMulkeen | @statman_jon

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