SHARA PROCTOR and Abigail Irozuru are hoping to leap to a medal in the women's long jump tonight.
The duo will have to be on top of their game if they're to bring home a medal for Team GB.
Britain has three men in the men's 1500 metres final – Josh Kerr, Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman.
GB has not won the event since Steve Cram in the inaugural event in Helsinki 1983.
We will also see who will take over three-time world 10,000 metre champion Mo Farah's crown.
- Team GB's men and women race in the 4×400 metres final
- Cindy Ofili in the 100 metres hurdles semi-final at 5pm
- Watch on BBC One and BBC Two plus live stream on BBC iPlayer
Follow all the action below…
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BRITS CRAM-MED INTO FINAL
Three Brits are in the 1500 metres final for the first time ever – and they're all Scots.
No Brit has won the event since Steve Cram in 1983.
In fact no Brit has even medalled since then.
Poland's Marcin Lewandowski is always a threat, plus there's an Ingebrigtsen in Jakob and favourite Timothy Cheruiyot.
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FINAL FINALS
So it's a sad day for athletics fans as the Doha 2019 Championships come to an end.
It's been interesting to see how the athletes have fared ahead of the Fifa World Cup, starting in November next year.
Poor crowds at the athletics may well have been due to events running so late due to the heat, with some finals beginning at midnight.
October temps range from 28-36C – sometimes peaking at over 40C.
Highs in November don't usually go over 32C with temperatures in December varying from 17-25C, so it will be more comfortable for footie fans.
Plus there's more rain in December – which should suit our home nations.
On this final day of athletics we will see three British men racing for a medal in the 1500 metres.
Neil Gourley, Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr will be taking on Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot and Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
Jakob's brother Filip failed to make the final after a shove on a rival in the semis, and was lucky to not be disqualified.
Cindy Ofili kicked off this evening's events in the 100 metres hurdles semi-finals, but despite a great middle section of the race, hit a hurdle and finished out of the qualifying places.
Also on the track tonight is the men's 10,000 metres final – an event that has been dominated by Britain in the last three World Champs.
Britain's Mo Farah won in Moscow in 2013, repeated the feat in Beijing 2015, and claimed victory before his home crowd in London 2017.
The Brit retired from track running after the last World Champs and has taken up the marathon.
But Farah opted not to run in Doha, as Britain's Callum Hawkins finished a fantastic fourth in the men's marathon last night.
Farah will be running the Chicago marathon, which he won in 2018, next Sunday, October 13.
Tonight also features the men's javelin final and the women's long jump final.
Shara Proctor, who won the silver medal in Beijing 2015, will be looking to go one better in Doha.
And Abigail Irozuru, 29, is also hoping to get in the medals.
The final events of the championships take place from 7.15pm as first the women then the men take to the track in the 4×400 metre relay finals.
Here's hoping Team GB can add to their medal haul of five so far.
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