• Ethiopian clocks 2hr 11 min 53 seconds in Germany
• Assefa’s Adidas trainers ‘enhanced by unique technology’

On the stillest of Berlin mornings, a tsunami of a performance. It came from Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa, who over 26.2 astonishing miles redefined what many thought was possible in the women’s marathon, as she blew the world record to smithereens in a time of 2 hours 11 mins and 53 secs.

The fact that the 29-year-old Ethiopian shattered the previous best, set by Brigid Kosgei in 2019, by two minutes and 11 seconds was remarkable enough. Yet the way she powered home through the Brandenburg Gate, suggested that she could go even quicker still.

It was also a victory that will reignite the supershoe wars. For on Assefa’s feet were the new Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1s, which Adidas claims are “enhanced with unique technology that challenges the boundaries of racing”. Whatever the veracity of those claims, the shoes – which go on sale for a princely sum of £400 on Tuesday – will surely now have plenty of takers, even at their eye-watering price.

In the build-up to Berlin, which along with Valencia is considered the quickest course on the circuit, most of the focus had been on whether the legendary Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge could break his men’s world record. But while he won his fifth Berlin title by 31 seconds in 2:02:42, the fifth-fastest time of his illustrious career, this day was all about Assefa.

For the first third of the women’s race, a group of 12 were all running under world record pace. But when Assefa pushed the tempo up a notch between eight and 10 miles, she found herself with only her pacemakers for company.

The halfway split was reached in 1:06:20, putting her on track to smash the world record by more than a minute. Yet she was even quicker in the second half as she powered into the history books.

Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay broke the world record in the women's 5000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic, running the distance in 14:00.21 and beating her personal best by almost 12 seconds. The previous record of 14:05.20 was set by Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon earlier this year in Paris.

• Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay breaks 5,000m world record by nearly five seconds

• Athlete sets new mark at Prefontaine Classic on Sunday
• Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis sets new WR in pole vault

Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay broke the world record in the 5,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic on Sunday, running the distance in 14:00.21.

Tsegay beat the previous record of 14:05.20, which was set by Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon earlier this year in Paris. Tsegay’s finish was nearly 12 seconds better than her personal best. Kenyan Beatrice Chebet was runner-up in 14:05.92. The women’s 5,000m record has fallen by nearly 11 seconds in the last three years thanks to a crop of excellent runners.

• Paralympic champion dominates in unseasonably hot conditions
• Betsy Saina and Othmane El Goumri win able-bodied events

Australian wheelchair racing star Madison de Rozario powered to victory in her debut outing at the Sydney marathon.

The multiple Paralympic and Commonwealth champion dominated her race on an unseasonably hot day in Sydney, crossing the line in one hour 59 minutes 41 seconds.

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No sooner had the final race of Mo Farah’s career come to an end on Sunday than the eulogies began. “Thanks for the memories, the medals, the excitement, the smile, the Mobot, it’s all been memorable,” the BBC’s Steve Cram proclaimed after Farah had finished fourth in the Great North Run, before hailing him as “one of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen”.

It was a celebration worthy of a deity: varnished, soaked in saccharine, shaved of any rough edges. And incomplete.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist hangs up his spikes after being cheered home in the Great North Run

“Go Mo Go” urged the bright pink signs, waved in the air excitedly on the streets from Newcastle to South Shields. Cheers for each one of the 50,000 participants braving a savage autumnal heatwave in the cause of athletic ambition or fundraising freneticism.

But a special crescendo reserved for Sir Mo Farah above all, a collective ovation that escalated as the four-time Olympic gold medallist arrived at the end of the road, right arm aloft in salute, as he officially signed off this illustrious career with fourth place at the Great North Run.

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• World championship record medal haul equalled in Budapest
• Stephen Maguire warns Olympics ‘will be another level’

Britain’s track and field stars have got back the “feelgood factor” after their medal haul in Budapest but they will need to step up again at the Paris Olympic Games, the UK Athletics technical director, Stephen Maguire, has said.

Maguire was full of praise for his team after they equalled the previous world championship best of 10 medals set in Stuttgart in 1993, with gold for Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Josh Kerr.

• Sprinter questions NBA’s ‘world champion’ claims
• Players including Kevin Durant and Devin Booker respond

Noah Lyles had a brilliant week at the World Athletics Championships, winning gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, but it’s safe to say that he’s not universally popular among his fellow US sports stars.

Lyles, who is one of the most quotable athletes in the world, took a jab at the NBA after winning his third gold. “I watch the NBA finals and they have ‘world champion’ on their head. World champion of what? The United States?” Lyles said.

Following his win in the 200m — part of his 3-for-3 performance at the world athletics championships in Budapest — US sprinter Noah Lyles took a swipe at the NBA for calling the season winners world champions. 'I watch the NBA Finals and they have "world champion" on their head. World champion of what? The United States?” Lyles said.

'Don't get me wrong. I love the US — at times — but that ain't the world,' the 26-year-old added. Lyles elaborated to say that track is a true international sport, adding 'we have almost every country out here fighting, thriving, putting on their flag'. His playful comments drew a reaction from a number of NBA players, with Kevin Durant commenting on Instagram: 'Somebody help this brother'.

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As the 2023 World Athletics Championships draws to a close, we take a look at the best moments of track and field from Budapest.

• Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers place second and third
• Sole gold in Budapest comes from Nina Kennedy in pole vault

Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers have claimed silver and bronze in an emotion-charged women’s high jump in Budapest, lifting Australia to a best-ever medal haul of six at a world athletics championships.

Defending world champion Patterson – who underwent surgery to have a plate inserted in her broken left foot in February – twice bettered her season’s best and moved into the silver-medal position with a first-time clearance at 1.99m.

• Three-way tussle ends with Athing Mu taking bronze
• ‘One of these days I will get the top spot,’ promises Briton

For Keely Hodgkinson, this was Groundhog Day with a twist. Once again Britain’s most precocious female athlete arrived at a major world final believing a gold was there for the taking. And once again she had to settle for a solid silver.

On a night when the National Athletics Centre felt like a giant Turkish bath, with temperatures in the 30s and the humidity instantly sweat-inducing, the 21-year-old from Wigan finally beat her nemesis – the American Athing Mu, who had beaten her into second at the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 world championships in Eugene. However she had no answer to the Kenyan Mary Moraa, who struck for home coming into the final straight to win in 1min 56.03sec.

• More than 95% of tickets sold for world championships
• Sebastian Coe: ‘I can’t remember a better atmosphere’

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, has hailed the “electric and addictive atmosphere” in Budapest and says it shows the city is ready to host the Olympics. “I can’t remember a better atmosphere at a world championships,” he said. “These have been a truly great championships.”

Speaking on the final day of the World Athletics Championships, Coe also controversially thanked Hungary’s authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orban for his support, and said the event had been such a success that more than 95% of tickets had been sold.

The sprint champion with three golds in Budapest believes more professional marketing could raise the sport’s profile

Noah Lyles is one of the most compelling figures in sport right now, and don’t the suits at Netflix know it. Their cameras and boom mics have followed the US sprinter around like an eager puppy at these World Athletics Championships, watching his prophecies become realities and capturing every moment of Lyles’ extraordinary three gold medals in Budapest.

The closest thing to Usain Bolt’s successor? Most people in track and field would say so. And next year, when Netflix’s new show is broadcast before the Paris Olympics, the rest of the world will believe so too. “They weren’t talking about me at the beginning,” Lyles jokes, when asked about the streaming service’s intense interest in him. “But as soon as I won in Paris in June they got buddy-buddy with me really quick.”

• Surgeons had to burn off some of Pattison’s heart
• Britain’s women pick up 4x100m relay bronze

Ben Pattison can be forgiven for staring in wide-eyed disbelief after crossing the line to claim Britain’s first world championships medal in the men’s 800m since Peter Elliott in 1987. After all, three years ago, surgeons had to burn off some of his heart because it would race at over 240 beats a second while training.

But on sizzling hot night in Budapest the 21-year-old from Frimley was coolness personified as he held off a chasing pack to win bronze in 1min 44.83sec.

• Javelin star throws 63.38m to win Australia’s third medal at 2023 titles
• Little, 26, flies home Monday to complete her studies to be a doctor

Doctor-in-waiting Mackenzie Little now has another moniker as Australia’s clutch javelin queen, claiming world championships bronze in Budapest with a brilliant final-round effort.

For much of the competition it looked like Australia’s three-pronged challenge would end without a spot on the podium. But Little had other ideas.

• Lyles storms home in 19.52sec to complete sprint double
• Hughes finishes behind Erriyon Knighton and Letsile Tebogo

We have long known that Noah Lyles has the personality and panache to transcend his sport. On a sweaty night in Budapest, the American superstar, fashionista and self-proclaimed influencer showed that he packs an almighty one-two punch, too.

Having already won gold in the 100m on Sunday night, the 26-year-old followed up with a dominant victory over 200m to become the first man since Usain Bolt in 2015 to win the sprint double at the World Athletics Championships.