Having been out of the championship arena since 2011, Blanka Vlasic had reason to be excited upon her long-awaited return.

Germany s two-time world champion outdoors David Storl led the qualifiers with 21.24m but there was a couple of surprises as both the USA s Kurt Roberts and Serbia's Asmir Kolasinac failed to progress.

There were only two automatic qualifiers in the women s triple jump, with Jamaica s Kimberley Williams and Ukraine s Olga Saladukha going over 14.30m.

Brianne Theisen-Eaton opened the pentathlon with an explosive display in the first event, the 60m hurdles.

Genzebe Dibaba - the star of the 2014 indoor season thus far, with her two world records * over 1500m and 3000m took a sensible, no risk policy in the opening race. The 23-year-old Ethiopian kept out of potential trouble in the opening few laps, sett...

Ashton Eaton completed a perfect start for ‘The Eatons , equalling his personal best of 6.66 with a stylish win in the 60m, the first event of the heptathlon.