Thursday 27 August 2015 14:51, UK
Christine Ohuruogu finished last behind impressive winner Allyson Felix in the final of the 400m at the World Championships in Beijing.
Defending champion Ohuruogu briefly threatened to challenge early leader Felix at the end of the back straight, but she faded rapidly in the final 100m and was passed by the remainder of the field.
Felix started like a scalded cat, passing Ohuruogu inside the first 50m, but she appeared to slow midway through the race and Ohuruogu closed to her shoulder.
But the American kicked again and continued to put distance into her rivals all the way to the line, taking gold in 49.26s, the quickest time in the world this season. Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas took silver with bronze going to Jamaica's Shericka Jackson.
"I kind of saw her easing up coming into the bend and I wasn't too sure if she had misjudged the start, but then she had this kick and I just couldn't match that," Ohuruogu said.
"I didn't really have a race plan. I was in with a bunch of sprinters who know how to sprint very well and I knew I had to try and get out quite strong and use my strength in what I thought would be a tussle."
Elsewhere there were a series of impressive performances from the women's team across the sprint, middle-distance and field disciplines.
Dina Asher-Smith ran a second personal best of the week in winning her 200m semi-final in 22.12s, the fastest time across the three races and just two-hundredths off the British record held by Kathy Smallwood-Cook since 1984.
Asher-Smith will go into the final as a live medal hope, although Jamaica's Elaine Thompson won her semi in 22.13s and was easing down from 50m out.
Dutch multi-event star Dafne Schippers also impressed in winning her race, but there was no luck for Margaret Adeoye and Bianca Williams, who were unable to qualify.
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke enjoyed the performance of her life in the semi-finals of the 800m, breaking her personal best by almost two seconds in qualifying for the final.
Oskan-Clarke had never previously run quicker than two minutes over two laps, but she ran a brave race down the inside and battled past three tiring rivals in the straight to win the semi in 1:58.86.
But she was the only one of the three British runners to make the final with Jenny Meadows (seventh) and Lynsey Sharp (eighth) appearing to pay for going out fast in the early stages of their semi-finals.
And Sophie Hitchon was a matter of centimetres away from claiming Britain's first ever medal in the hammer before having to settle for a fantastic fourth place.
Hitchon set a British record in the fourth round with a throw of 73.65m and improved that by 23cm in the final round but her effort, which landed bang on the bronze medal line, was 16cm short of French athlete Alexandra Tavernier.
Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk was dominant in winning gold - her leading throw of 80.85m not far short of her own world record and four of her efforts were longer than anyone else could manage in the entire competition.
