Britain's Mick Hill finished 12th - and last - in the men's javelin final having defied an Achilles problem to qualify while Steve Backley crashed out last Friday.

The Leeds veteran, competing in his sixth world final, produced a first round effort of 77.81m, but fouled with his next two attempts to go out of the competition.

Olympic champion Jan Zelezny, who responded to an Olympic record throw by Backley in Sydney with an even better effort to take the gold, did it again to claim his third world title and first since 1995.

The Czech with the golden arm who had qualified with a championship record of 90.76m saw defending champion Aki Parviainen of Finland open up with a throw of 91.31m.

But Zelezny produced a monster response in the next round with the javelin coming down at 92.80m. Greek Konstadinos Gatsioudis was third with a throw of 89.95m.

Zelezny said: "After Arki threw over 91m on his first attempt, I knew that I had a chance to also throw 91m, but it was not a good feeling to know he was ahead.

"This is my best result at a World Championships. You can see that I am only getting older with age, and I think that is because I am understanding the javelin throw better as I get older."