Day 5: Evening

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And that wraps up today's action. 21:27:30

Silas Kiplagat is the top Kenyan finisher in seventh. 21:21:53

European champion Henrik Ingebrigtsen sets a Norwegian record of 3:35.43 in fifth. 21:21:40

Makhloufi kicks ahead to win in 3:34.08. Manzano takes the silver with Iguider third. 21:20:46

Kiprop looks to have nothing left, he's way behind. 21:19:54

Chepseba and Makhloufi at the bell 21:19:37

Kiprop is one place from the back currently. 21:19:16

58.3 for the first lap in this 1500m final. Chepseba and Ali leading. 21:18:14

Just the men's 1500m final to go. The rain has let up slightly for now. 21:12:26

Dawn Harper finishes second with 12.37 PB, tying the previous Olympic record. 12.48 PB for Kellie Wells in bronze. 21:02:44

Wow, that was close! Olympic record of 12.35 for Sally Pearson! 21:02:10

...and it's just started to rain... 20:59:59

Women's 100m hurdles final up next... 20:59:36

Harting celebrated by clearing all the hurdles down the homestraight! 20:50:58

Just two more events left from tonight's session - the women's 100m hurdles final and the men's 1500m final. 20:48:32

Harting is confirmed as the Olympic discus champion, extending his winning streak from August 2010! 20:47:18

Just one throw left in the discus final. Can Hadadi reclaim the lead? 20:46:21

The fastest losers to the 200m final will be Hackett and Soumare. 20:45:07

Sanya Richards-Ross wins the third 200m semi in the fastest time of the day, 22.30. Fraser-Pryce second, 22.34. 20:44:49

Kynard bows out of the competition, he'll take the silver. Ukhov now trying 2.40m. 20:39:27

Hadadi hits back with a huge throw - perhaps the biggest mark of the competition - but it's ruled a foul. 20:37:40

Ukhov 2.38m! 20:36:32

Harting responds with 68.27m to move into the lead in the discus! 20:36:21

A very smooth 22.32 from Allyson Felix to win the second semi final. 20:34:56

Gerd Kanter throws a season's best of 68.03m to move into the silver position, knocking down Harting and Alekna. 20:34:36

Nieto fails, which means Grabarz, Drouin and Barshim share the bronze medal in the high jump. 20:31:32

Ukhov clears 2.36m. This could be decisive. 20:30:24

Still no change in the discus positions (Hadadi, Harting, Alekna). Could Harting's two-year winning streak come to an end? 20:28:46

Veronica Campbell-Brown wins the first 200m semi-final in a season's best of 22.32 from Jeter (22.39). 20:26:29

Grabarz, Drouin and Barshim fail at 2.33m. They will share the bronze if Nieto knocks off 2.36m. 20:25:44

Women's long jump qualifying is done. Reese will make it through to the final, but Maggi, Okagbare and Hayes all miss out. 20:20:38

US duo Nick Symmonds and Duane Solomon get the two fastest loser spots to go into the men's 800m final. 20:17:45

Mohamed Aman wins the third 800m semi in an almost identical time to the first, 1:44.34. 20:15:22

Ivan Ukhov clears 2.33m in the high jump. 20:08:58

Two-time world champion Brittney Reese jumps 6.57m after two fouls in long jump qualifying. Might be enough to make it through. 20:08:05

Andrew Osagie beats Nick Symmonds for the second auto qualifying spot. Borzakovskiy third, Lewandowski fourth. 20:07:25

Wow! Exciting finish in the first 800m semi final. Rudisha books his place in the final with a 1:44.35 win. 20:06:17

Erik Kynard takes a surprise lead in the high jump with a first-time clearance at 2.33m! 20:04:43

Just eight men left in the high jump as the bar goes up to 2.33m. 20:02:34

Robert Harting opened with 67.79m in the discus to go into second place. 19:59:45

Defending champion Andrey Silnov is also out. 19:58:39

World champion Jesse Williams is out of the high jump final. 19:58:06

Abubaker Kaki wins the first 800m semi-final in 1:44.51 from Nijel Amos (1:44.54). 19:57:50

World champion Jesse Williams is also down to his last attempt at 2.29m. 19:53:19

Big throw from world bronze medallist Ehsan Hadadi in the discus - 68.18m! He takes the lead. 19:52:46

Defending high jump champion Andrey Silnov has just one more attempt at 2.29m to stay in the competition. 19:51:20

Robbie Grabarz goes clear at 2.29m in the high jump. He shares the lead with Derek Drouin and Mutaz Essa Barshim. 19:49:54

Alekna - the champ in '00 and '04 - now takes an early lead in the discus with 67.38m 19:48:43

Vikas Gowda opens the discus final with 64.79m. Okoye follows with 61.03m. 19:47:45

100H final lane draw: 2 L Jones, 3 P George, 4 D Harper, 5 K Wells, 6 N Yanit, 7 S Pearson, 8 J Zelinka, 9 B Schrott 19:46:24

Mutaz Essa Barshim, jumping in leggings due to the cool conditions, is the first over 2.29m. 19:42:30

Kyriakos Ioannou and Mickael Hanany are the first to go out of the high jump final, failing to clear 2.25m. Bar now up to 2.29m. 19:39:49

That means Phylicia George and Lolo Jones grab the fastest loser spots. Tiffany Porter misses out. 19:33:29

12.52 from Kellie Wells to win the third semi-final. NR of 12.58 for Nevin Yanit. 12.65 PB for Phylicia George. 19:32:59

If anyone can break that curse though, it's Pearson. 19:31:28

Also, the past two athletes to win World Indoor gold in Olympic year (Jones & Felicien) crashed out of Olympic final. 19:31:11

In Daegu, Pearson broke the cover curse. Can she break the Olympic favourite curse? Past five favourites have all failed to win gold. 19:30:39

Zelinka takes second spot in 12.66. Lolo Jones (12.71) and Tiffany Porter (12.79) are currently in the fastest loser spots. 19:25:57

Wow, 12.39 for Sally Pearson in the second semi! That's just 0.02 away from the Olympic record! 19:24:40

The bar is now up to 2.25m in the high jump final. No exits from the competition so far, but a few failures at this height. 19:21:36

Janay DeLoach also gets an automatic qualifier in the long jump - 6.81m. 19:19:50

12.46 is also a UK all-comers record. Beate Schrott was second with 12.83 to get the second auto spot. 19:19:11

Some light drizzle is coming down here in the Olympic Stadium 19:17:55

A PB of 12.46 for defending champion Dawn Harper! 19:17:33

And it's a false start for Reina Flor-Okori 19:15:51

The first semi-final of the women's 100m hurdles is about to get underway 19:13:36

Karin Mey Melis also hits an auto qualifier in the long jump, 6.80m. The auto standard is 6.70m. 19:13:22

Earlier this year Magiso had beaten Pamela Jelimo at the Rome Diamond League and was considered a medal hope for London. 19:11:51

Breaking news: Ethiopia's Fantu Magiso has been ruled out of the Olympics due to injury 19:11:26

Proctor's 6.83m is 1cm farther than the winning mark from last year's World Championships. 19:08:48

In the women's long jump qualifying, Shara Proctor is the first to hit an auto qualifier with 6.83m. 19:08:23

The men's high jump final has just got underway. The bar is at 2.20m and five of the first six men have cleared it. 19:05:07

Welcome to the day five evening session! 19:00:21

Jonathan Mulkeen

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