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Perri Shakes-Drayton clears a hurdle © PA Photos

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Perri Shakes-Drayton became the first woman to complete a 400 metres and 400m hurdles double at the UK Trials & Championships on Sunday, as Mo Farah cruised to victory in the men's 5000m.

Having showed her flat speed in a somewhat surprising victory over the likes of Christine Ohuruogu on Saturday, Shakes-Drayton impressed once again in her preferred event - winning in a time of 55.52 that was almost a second quicker than rival Eilidh Child.

Farah had an equally straightforward afternoon, biding his time in the pack for the majority of the race before kicking at the start of the final lap and winning in just over 14 minutes.

Elsewhere, Christian Malcolm was a popular winner of the men's 200m, edging out James Ellington in a time of 20.85s, while Martyn Rooney was a comfortable winner in the men's 400m as hurdler Dai Greene came in third as he tested his flat speed.

After a busy day on Saturday, heptathlete Jessica Ennis competed in both the long jump and javelin on Sunday - managing a near-PB in the former (6.44m - adrift of winner Shara Proctor's 6.65m effort) but a disappointing 42.93m in the javelin as UK record-holder Goldie Sayers romped to victory.

"I feel in good shape, I'm happy with training and happy with how this week has gone," Ennis told the BBC. "I've got a few more weeks now to get things into shape."

Jenny Meadows clinched her first UK title with a commanding run in the 800m and James Shea hinted at a bright future for British middle distance running in the 1500m, while Abdul Buhari clinched a competitive men's discus title as teenage British record holder Lawrence Okoye struggled under pressure and could only finish fifth.

With runner-up Carl Myerscough also heading to Daegu, Okoye will now have to wait to see whether he is still selected for the championships, or UK Athletics opt to give third place Brett Morse the third spot available.

Earlier in the day there was a British record set in the men's 5000m walk, as Tom Bosworth clocked 19min 29.87s to beat Darrell Stone's 22-year-old record by over five seconds.

Before events started Philips Idowu withdrew from the triple jump citing a recent "downward spiral" after some intensive training - although as defending champion his place at the World Championships was already assured.

"I didn't want to put in a performance that was below par. I'm not at my best right now as we're starting to wind things up in preparation for Daegu," Idowu said. "You know when you're body is not completely right. I jumped last year with a illness and barely got over 17m."

In his absence, Larry Achike took victory with a season's best jump of 16.83m.

Director of UK Athletics Charles van Commenee was content with the performances put in over the three days of the event, and revealed Team GB would target seven medals at the World Championships - with "at least one gold".

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