World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022 - Day 2 afternoon session: As it happened

Olympic 100m gold medallist Marcell Jacobs pipped defending champion Christian Coleman in the men's 60m final on Saturday (19 March) in Belgrade.

There was a shock in the shot put as Brazil's Darlan Romani beat Ryan Crouser who had won his last 27 competitions.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Gudaf Tsegay were superb on the track, as Sandi Morris got the better of training partner and Olympic pole vault champion Katie Nageotte to retain her title.

Read on to find out what happened in the afternoon session on Day 2 of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade (latest news top).

21:23 Olympic champ Marcell Jacobs takes men's 60m title on the line

It's tight on the line in the men's 60m...

Christian Coleman made an excellent start and looked to have the race won by halfway. But Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs closed him down and it looked like Coleman might have dipped slightly too early for the line.

And after a delay of at least a minute, it was Jacobs who was given the win.

The Italian fell to the floor in disbelief and joy with Coleman quick to congratulate him while trying to hide his own disappointment.

Jacobs' time of 6.41 was a new European record with Coleman awarded the same time. Marvin Bracy took bronze in a personal best of 6.44.

21:14 France's Cyrena Samba-Mayela takes women's 60m hurdles gold

Cyrena Samba-Mayela is a name to look out for after her stunning success in the women's 60m hurdles.

The Frenchwoman scorched to victory in a new national record of 7.78, beating Devynne Charlton who matched her Bahamian record of 7.81 from the semi-finals.

Ditaji Kambundji - the younger sister of 60m champion Mujinga, made an excellent start from lane eight but then clattered the second hurdle and fell heavily at the third. Thankfully the Swiss was unhurt after what looked a painful incident.

USA's Olympic finalist Gabriele Cunningham put in a much-improved performance after the semi-finals to take bronze in 7.87 ahead of Jamaica’s Britany Anderson.

That's eight golds decided tonight, and one to come - the men's 60m with Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, defending champion Christian Coleman and Marvin Bracy set to fight it out for the medals.

21:06 Darlan Romani stuns Ryan Crouser to win shot put

There was drama and a hint of controversy in the final round of the men's shot put.

Josh Awotunde was red-flagged as he let go of his final effort - which went out to beyond 22m - when replays appeared to show no evidence of a transgression.

The American said "protest", but it doesn't look like a measurement was taken and he had to settle for fifth place.

Tomas Walsh produced his best throw of the competition, 22.31m, to equal his former championship record but it was only good enough for third.

Then came Olympic champion Ryan Crouser who needed something special to keep his unbeaten run of 27 competitions going.

But his effort hit the 22m line, and he warmly congratulated the new indoor world champion Darlan Romani.

The Brazilian threw 22.18m but it was his third-round effort of 22:53m which saw him win a surprise gold medal.

20:50 Gudaf Tsegay much the best, leads home Ethiopia 1-2-3, in women's 1500m

Gudaf Tsegay turned the women's 1500m into a procession.

Ethiopia's world record holder, who won 5000m bronze at Tokyo 2020, demolished the championship record with a time of 3:57.19, leading by almost the length of a straight from halfway and continuing to pour it on at the front.

And it was a podium sweep for Ethiopia with Axumawit Embaye (4:02.29) a distant second ahead of teammate Hirut Meshesha (4:03.39).

There's a bit of a lull on the track now - time to catch breath - with the next final the women's 60m hurdles at 21:08. But Darlan Romani still leads the shot put after four rounds.

20:28 Darlan Romani takes shot put lead!

Are we about to see an almighty shock in the men's shot put final?

In round three, Brazil's Darlan Romani has thrown a huge 22.53m to take the lead, and the championship record, from Olympic champion Ryan Crouser.

The last time the American was beaten was in the final of the 2019 Doha World Championships. And he has work to do here to keep his unbeaten run of 27 competitions going.

20:20 Dream for Jereem in the men's 400m

Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago was simply not for passing in the men's 400m final.

Richards went out hard and led USA's Trevor Bassitt at the midway point. And despite a late charge from the American, he managed to hold on for gold in a new championship record of 45.00.

Bassitt took silver in 45.05 with Sweden's Carl Bengstroem, the fastest qualifier for the final, taking bronze in 45.33.

20:06 Miller-Uibo dominates 400m, Morris retains pole vault title

Simply majestic from Shaunae Miller-Uibo who led from the start and pulled clear with pulling clear with 100m to win in 50.31.

Femke Bol of the Netherlands chased her home in second with Jamaica's Stephenie Ann McPherson taking the bronze.

After Tina Sutej failed with her attempt at 4.80m to leave her with bronze, Katie Nageotte needed to go clear to deny Sandi Morris gold.

The Olympic champion had enough height but agonisingly knocked it off on the way down and had to settle for silver.

19:57 Warner takes heptathlon gold

Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner showed his endurance again as he took the heptathlon title.

The Canadian trailed Simon Ehammer going into the 1000m but crossed the line in 2:39.56, 14 seconds clear of the Swiss in 2:53.54 having needed to beat his rival by just two seconds.

That gave Warner a total points score of 6489, 126 points ahead of Ehammer's new national record, with Australia's Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Ashley Moloney just 19 points further back.

Sandi Morris is on top in the pole vault. After two failures at 4.80m, the defending champion went over with her third and final attempt and looks set for gold.

Up next on the track is the women's 400m with Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo looking supremely good in the heats and the favourite to win another global crown.

19:40 Ryan Crouser breaks championship record with first throw

What a start from Ryan Crouser in the shot put final. With his first throw, the American hurled the shot out to 22.44m, a new championship record.

It's not over though as Tomas Walsh, who had the previous best of 22.31m, threw 22.29m in his first round.

There are just three left in the women's pole vault - Katie Nageotte, Sandi Morris and Slovenia’s Tina Sutej who cleared 4.70m with her third and final attempt.

The bar is now up to 4.75m and Morris has gone over first time.

The men are on the track for the final event of the heptathlon, the 1000m, with Simon Ehammer just ahead of Olympics decathlon champion Damian Warner.

19:21 Historic gold for Spain's Mariano Garcia in men's 800m

There was a surprise in the first track final of the night as Mariano Garcia took gold for Spain.

It was a brave effort from Garcia who overtook Marco Arop with just over 100m to go and grimly held off Kenya's Noah Kibet to take victory in 1:46.20.

At 17. Garcia is the youngest ever individual track medallist at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Bryce Hoppel took bronze for the United States.

19:12 First track final of the night coming up

The men's 800m is coming up shortly as we approach the business end of the women's pole vault final.

Sandi Morris cleared 4.60m with her second attempt with New Zealand's Olivia McTaggart going over at the third time of asking to leave six women remaining.

World number three Marco Arop of Canada leads the field for the men's 800m.

19:02 Marcell Jacobs fastest qualifier for men's 60m final

Marvin Bracy looked ominously good in the first heat of the men's 60m semi-finals, slamming the brakes on with five metres to go and still winning comfortably in 6.51.

Imranur Rahman of Bangladesh was left in the blocks, gesturing as though he thought there would be a recall but none was forthcoming.

Jerod Elcock of Trinidad and Tobago was second in 6.63 ahead of Britain's Andrew Robertson and Ferdinand Omanyala who both clocked 6.64 which would not prove enough for the final.

There was more drama in Heat 2 as Japan's Tada Shuhei was disqualified for a false start.

When they did get away, Marcell Jacobs was a little sluggish away but fairly powered clear in the second half of the race to win in a new Italian record of 6.45, equalling the fastest time in the world this year. Britain's Adam Thomas was second in 6.57.

Karl Erik Nazarov of Estonia and Cote d'Ivoire's Arthur Cisse both clocked 6.59 to go through to the final as the two fastest losers.

Christian Coleman won the last of the semi-final heats but was not quite as impressive as the winners of the two previous races, crossing the line in 6.51.

The American failed to make his customary fast start but picked up well and was able to coast over the line ahead of Canada's Tokyo sprint relay bronze medallist Bolade Ajomale who joins him in the final.

The final is the last event of the night at 21:20.

In the women's pole vault, reigning world indoor champion Sandi Morris failed with her first attempt at 4.60m after Swiss Angelica Moser went over at the first time of asking.

Ukraine's Yana Hladiychuk also had a first-time clearance with Olympic champion Katie Nageotte following suit.

18:39 Devynne Charlton electric in women's 60m hurdles semi-finals

Devynne Charlton was superb in the opening semi-final heat of the women's 60m hurdles, clocking 7.81 for a new Bahamian national record.

Jamaica’s Britany Anderson made it safely through to the final in second place in 7.86.

France’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela took the second heat in 7.85 ahead of Ditaji Kambundji - no doubt inspired by big sister Mujinga's exploits last night - whose 7.89 was a new Swiss national record.

Third went to Yoveinny Mota in a new Venezuelan record of 7.99 and she made it through to the final as the quickest of two fastest losers.

There was a shock in the third heat with Dutchwoman Zoe Sedney making a strong start and staying ahead to win in 7.95 from Ireland's Sarah Lavin (7.97).

The front two both clocked personal bests in front of Olympic finalist Gabriele Cunningham who just scraped through as the second fastest loser in 8.00 for the final later this evening.

Katie Nageotte has just had a successful first attempt in the women's pole vault, easily clearing 4.45m.

Up next are the men's 60m semi-finals. Fastest qualifier Marvin Bracy goes in the first heat along with Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala.

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs is the big name in Heat 2 with world record holder and defending champion Christian Coleman in Heat 3.

18:07 The action is underway

The women's pole vault has just got underway. Olympic champion Katie Nageotte goes for gold but fellow American Sandi Morris defends her title and is back to form after injury wrecked her Olympic year.

Morris cleared 4.95m to take the crown in Birmingham four years ago and she is the only woman in the line-up to clear five metres indoors. Both women have cleared 4.80m this season, as has Slovenia’s Tina Sutej who will be going for a medal.

Jamaica’s Britany Anderson and Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas look the standouts in the first of three women’s 60m semi-finals coming up shortly.

In Heat 2, Ditaji Kambundji goes for Switzerland after big sister Mujinga took a shock victory in the 60m last night. But France’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela has the best time of the field this year.

With a personal best of 7.82 set just three weeks ago, USA’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic finalist Gabriele Cunningham is the fastest woman in Heat 3.

Welcome along to the afternoon session on Day 2 of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Here's the schedule with no fewer than nine titles to be decided tonight.

18:08 Women's Pole Vault Final

18:15 Women's 60m hurdles semi-finals

18:40 Men's 60m semi-finals

19:10 Men's 800m final

19:25 Men's shot put final

19:40 Men's Heptathlon 1000m (final event)

19:55 Women's 400m final

20:15 Men's 400m final

20:35 Women's 1500m final

21:08 Women's 60m hurdles final

21:20 Men's 60m final