#Beijing2015 Day 5 Highlights

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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Being the world champion, being from Kenya, it is unbelievable for me. It is a nice prize for me, because I've really been working hard to win this championship. Remember, in Moscow, I almost won a bronze medal, but the last throw from Tarabin didn't let me win it. But this time I came out strong. After throwing 92, I feel some pain in my foot, so I needed to take it easy. I played it safe. I knew nobody else was going to throw further than that," Julius Yego after winning first technical event medal for Kenya at World Championships and straight a gold.

RESULT OF THE DAY
Julius Yego 92.72 in javelin the 8th best ever performance, 3rd best ever performer, best result since 2001 in 14 years.
Wayde Van Niekerk 43.48 in the 400 m the 6th best ever performance, 4th best ever performer, best result since 2007 in 8 years (The South African collapsed onto the track exhausted at the end of the race and was taken straight off for medical treatment).

SURPRISE OF THE DAY
German Gesa Felicitas Krause winning bronze in women steeple and was so close to silver and actually also the gold. US Olympic medalist Jenn Suhr without medal in pole vault. World title defender Vesely in javelin 8th. Kaliese Spencer in the 400 m hurdles final only last, she was unbeaten this year.

TOP PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY OF IAAF
Saturday: Mo Farah, Sunday: Usain BoltMonday: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Tuesday: Greg Rutherford, Wednesday nominees: Van Niekerk, Silva, Yego.

MEDALS (33 countries)
KEN 6-3-2, GBR 3-0-0, JAM 2-0-1, CUB 2-0-0, USA 1-3-5, GER 1-2-2

POINTS (53 countries)
USA 111, KEN 108, GER 58, JAM 40, POL + ETH 39

AGENT RANKINGS (by individual gold medals)
Ricky Simms 3, Jos Hermens 3, Jorge Aguilera 2, Jukka Harkonen 2, Sylvia Abmayr 1, John Nubani 1, Czeslaw Zapala 1, Alberto Armas 1, Enrico Dionisi 1, Paul Doyle 1, Adrian Laidlaw 1,  Steffen Keil 1, Ulf Saletti 1, James Templeton 1, Libor Varhanik 1, Peet Van Zyl 1, Jessica Ennis-Hill no official IAAF agent.

LONDON 2012 WINNERS
YES (7): Farah (10k), Bolt, Ennis-Hill, Kemboi, Fraser-Pryce, Rutherford, Rudisha, NO (10): Kiprotich, Pars, Majewski, Chen Ding, Rypakova, Lavillenie, Perkovic, Suhr, Walcott, James, NC (6): Adams, T. Dibaba, Sanchez, Bulut, Antyukh, Zaripova.

MOSCOW 2013 WINNERS
YES (7): Farah (10k), Fajdek, Bolt, Kemboi, Fraser-Pryce, Ibarguen, Hejnova, NO: (11) Kiprotich, Storl, Kasyanova, Holzdeppe, Perkovic, Menkov, Gordon, Aregawi, Aman,Vesely, L. Merritt, NC (5): Adams, Ivanov, T. Dibaba, Isinbayeva, Chemos.

RECORDS
4 World leads (men 400 m hurdles, javelin, 400 m, women 400 m hurdles)
5 Area records  (Asia men 400 m, Oceania men shot put, Africa men javelin, Africa men 400 m, South America wom pole vault)
51 National records

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