American Cole Hocker sprinted to victory in the men's 5,000m at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

The Olympic 1,500m champion timed 12min 58.30sec for gold at Japan's National Stadium.

It went some way to making up for the 24-year-old American's disqualification in the semi-finals of the 1,500m for jostling earlier in these championships.

Belgium's Kenyan-born Isaac Kimeli took silver in 12:58.78, with France's Jimmy Gressier claiming a bronze medal to add to his shock 10,000m gold.

Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen came into the race as defending champion, but having sat out the entire outdoor season.

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