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Greg Rutherford makes history with World Championships gold

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Greg Rutherford completes the grand slam with victory in the long jump at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Greg Rutherford has joined an elite group of British athletes by completing the grand slam and holding all four major athletics titles at one time.

The 28-year-old long jumper picked up an emphatic gold medal at the World Athletics Championships this afternoon, adding the title to his Olympic, European and Commonwealth crowns.

A huge fourth jump of 8.41m was enough to clinch the world title, ending his disappointing record at the Championships having failed to even reach the final in 2011 or 2013.

His triumph means that he joins Daley Thompson, Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell and Jonathan Edwards as the only British athletes to be the reigning champion at the four biggest events in athletics.

Rutherford's closest challenger was expected to be Jeff Henderson, who produced the biggest qualifying jump, but the American failed to make it past the first stage having fouled twice and only managed one legal jump of 7.95m.

Indeed, both Americans failed to make it through to the final three jumps, allowing Australia's Fabrice Lapierre to claim silver and home favourite Wang Jianan to pick up bronze.

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