TOKYO:

New Zealand's Geordie Beamish produced a last-gasp spurt to edge defending two-time champion Soufiane El Bakkali for gold in a thrilling men's 3,000m steeplechase at the world championships in Tokyo on Monday.

Beamish left it late, sprinting through the crowded field to come alongside the Moroccan -- who also won the last two Olympic golds -- and pinch a dramatic victory at the line for New Zealand's first track gold at a world championships.

The New Zealander, who was spiked in the heats and fell to the track before recovering, clocked a winning time of 8min 33.88sec to halt El Bakkali's dominant streak on the global stage.

El Bakkali was seven-hundredths of a second adrift in second, while Kenyan teenager Edmund Serem rounded out the podium (8:34.56).

The reactions of Beamish

See Full Page