BIRMINGHAM (England), March 17: Russia’s Svetlana Feofanova set a world indoor pole vault record on the final day of the world championships on Sunday as Maria Mutola claimed her fifth 800 metres title.

Haile Gebrselassie added the 3,000 metres to his collection of honours, but Briton Colin Jackson failed to end his glittering career with a medal in the 60 metres hurdles.

Feofanova set the only world record of the championships by clearing 4.80 metres to beat the previous best of 4.78 held by American Stacy Dragila who failed to reach the final.

“I didn’t think that I would have a problem to jump a world record today as I was jumping 4.70 and 4.75 metres very easily,” Feofanova said. “After jumping 4.75 my coach told me to do the same and to keep going as I had already been doing.”

Dragila, the Olympic and world outdoor champion, still holds the outdoor record of 4.81 metres. She had only just regained the indoor mark from Feofanova, whose previous best of 4.77 was set in Birmingham last month.

Mutola matched the record of five golds won by Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso from 1993 to 2001, warming the hearts of her countrymen by destroying the field down the home straight.

Ethiopia’s Gebrselassie was once again imperious as he beat off the challenge of Spain’s Alberto Garcia to regain the 3,000 metres gold after wins in 1997 and 1999.

British team captain Jackson’s hopes of going out on a high were dashed as he finished fifth in the 60 metres hurdles final behind American Allen Johnson who sealed his second world title.

Twice Olympic 100 metres champion Gail Devers powered to victory in the women’s 60 metres hurdles, the 36-year-old American outclassing her rivals to win in 7.81 seconds. Spain’s Glory Alozie took silver and American Melissa Morrison bronze.

Mutola, 30, made history with her fifth world indoor 800m title, powering to victory in 1:58.94 ahead of Austria’s Stephanie Graf and Spain’s Mayte Martinez.

Gebrselassie had shattered the world indoor two-mile record in the same National Indoor Arena last month when he ran 8:04.69.

He did not get close to his best time of the year on Sunday, but had enough in reserve to win in 7:40.97 ahead of Garcia and Kenya’s Luke Kipkosgei.

Sweden’s Christian Olsson won triple jump gold with a leap of 17.70 metres — the sixth-best of all-time — ahead of American Walter Davis. His anticipated battle with Jonathan Edwards did not materialise as the British Olympic champion could only finish fourth.

American Tyree Washington held off defending champion Daniel Caines of Britain to win the men’s 400 metres. He led from the bell to run 45.34 seconds, the best time in the word this year.

Caines was second, with Briton Jamie Baulch and Ireland’s Paul McKee sharing bronze after dead-heating in a time of 45.99.

Sweden won a high jump double as Kajsa Bergqvist took gold with 2.01 metres following Stefan Holm’s success in the men’s event with a leap of 2.35 metres on Saturday. Russia’s Yelena Yelesina and Anna Chicherova won silver and bronze.

World record holder Regina Jacobs of the United States won the women’s 1500 metres, while her compatriot David Krummenacker held off the favourite and world record holder Wilson Kipketer of Denmark to take gold in the men’s 800 metres.—Reuters