The 5000m brought mixed emotions for the Irish and British contingent. A very slow opening 3K did nothing to sort the field out and looked set to turn the race into a lottery. With three and a half laps to go Alastair Cragg moved to the front and pushed the pace on instantly opening the gaps and leaving Mo Farah having to work back to the front from his place in the pack. However just 100m after hitting the front Cragg leapt in the air - clearly having a problem with his an ankle and raising concerns of an injury. He stayed at the front and 50m later he looked to be running more smoothly again. But this was misleading as he stepped off the track with just left than three laps to go - his medal hopes in tatters due to an Achilles injury.

At 1K to go Mo Farah moved to the front and injected his own pace. A 57 lap showed he meant real business. Farah had not shaken off the key players but stuck to his task and accelerated again. At the bell two Spaniards and a Turk were still looking in position to strike - but Mo kept getting faster. Down the back straight Jesus Espana of Spain looked to be the threat as Mo kicked yet again. An epic home straight battle saw Espana edge alongside and then fractionally past Farah - at the line the gap was just 0.09sec. Espana ran 13min 44.70sec and Farah 13min 44.79sec. It is a measure of Farah's progression this year and ambition that he was so disappointed with silver. McCormick finished twelfth in 14min 06.18sec.

In the men's 800m final Britain had two athletes lining up in Michael Rimmer and Sam Ellis. At the bell the field was tightly packed and into the back straight Michael Rimmer moved up into the bronze medal position but there as clearly more racing to be done. At 600m Rimmer was being passed but Ellis was attacking. With 40m to go a gap opened up for Ellis and he took the opening to find a way through the masses and snatch bronze in 1min 46.64sec as Rimmer came in eighth in 1min 47.66sec.

Britain's 4 x 100m women won an unexpected medal. Anyika Onuora led off well and handed to Emma Ania on the back straight. Off Emily Freeman's bend Britain were out of the medals but Joice Maduaka charged down the home straight to not just move into third but also pass Belarus for silver.

The men's 4 x 100m proved eventful from start to finish - in fact from before the proper start until after the finish. It began with a false start to up the stakes. When the race got underway Dwain Chambers gave Britain a good start before handing to Darren Campbell. A good bend from Marlon Devonish put Britain in a strong position for gold and Mark Lewis-Francis pulled clear down the home straight to win in 38.91sec, ahead of Poland in 39.05sec and France's 39.07sec.

However Campbell refused to join the team on a lap of honour. It is clear Dwain Chambers' presence in the team still raises issues. Campbell believes that the issue of Chambers' drug use has not been fully addressed. He, among others, wants Chambers to be asked about the circumstances of his drug use to avoid a repeat of the episode and to see the other guilty parties in the process brought to book.

The women's 4 x 400m came with high hopes for Britain's women. Lee McConnell was put on first leg off the long stagger and seemed to buckle in the late stages before handing on to Emma Duck. Duck handed on to Marilyn Okoro before Nicola Sanders changed around the last lap in 49.8sec. However it was not enough to medal as the gaps were already to big to see the run away Russians or Belarus and Poland overhauled.

The men's 4 x 400m saw Britain take silver. Rob Tobin, Rhys Williams and Graham Hedman combined to hand over to Tim Benjamin in the bronze medal position but a 44.5sec lst leg from the Belgrave Harrier carried Britain to silver in 3min 01.63sec. The Irish men came home 9th in 3min 05.57sec.The men's marathon saw Dan Robinson as the top placed Briton. He came home in 16th place after an aggressive start. Behind Robinson Huw Lobb came in with 2hr 17min 17sec for 20th place. Thomas Abyu ran strongly in the last three miles to come in 27th with 2hr 20min 47sec. Peter Riley was forced to drop out at 14 miles due to worsening stomach cramps.

The women's 1500m saw a championship record for Tatyana Tomashova of Russia with 3min 56.91sec. Helen Clitheroe was disappointed with 11th in 4min 09.73sec.

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