At the end of the eighth day of competition there is the first world record at the World Championships in Athletics in Eugene - and what a record.

In a sensational 50.68 seconds, the American Sydney McLaughlin wins gold over 400 meters hurdles.

For the Germans, the next disappointments are in the USA – but there are also a few bright spots for a change.

400 meters, women:

The two-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas won the world title for the first time after winning the 2019 World Cup in Doha.

Her 49.11 seconds was the best time of the season.

Miller-Uibo was 0.49 seconds faster than Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic.

Bronze went to Sada Williams from Barbados.

400 meters, men:

Olympic champion Michael Norman also won the world title.

Driven on by the loud spectators at Hayward Field, he defended his lead down the home straight and was first after 44.29 seconds.

Kirani James of Grenada took silver, 0.19 seconds back, with Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith taking bronze.

400 meter hurdles, women:

Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin has won her first world title with a fabulous world record in 50.68 seconds.

The 22-year-old American beat her old record by an unreal 0.73 seconds.

Silver went to Femke Bol of the Netherlands in 52.27 seconds.

Dalilah Muhammad of the USA took bronze with 53.13 seconds.

It was the first world record at this World Cup.

McLaughlin gets a bounty of $70,000 for World Championship gold and an additional $100,000 for the world record.

She has now run five of the six best times ever recorded in the 400m hurdles.

Pole vault, men:

5.75 meters were required to reach the final - the World Cup fourth and German champion Bo Kanda Lita Baehre in the third attempt and Oleg Zernikel as the best in his group both jumped this height.

Torben Blech, on the other hand, got stuck at the entry height of 5.30 meters.

When it comes to medals on Monday night (2:25 a.m. CEST/ARD), Olympic and European champion Armand Duplantis from Sweden is the man to beat - if that's possible.

The American defending champion Sam Kendricks is absent from the World Cup because of an injury.

4x100 meters, women:

The German quartet with Tatjana Pinto, Alexandra Burghardt, Gina Lückenkemper and Rebekka Haase took third place in the preliminary heat in 42.44 seconds and sprinted for the medals on Sunday night (4.30 a.m. CEST/ZDF).

Faster in the same race were only the four women from Great Britain in 41.99 seconds and Jamaica in 42.37 seconds.

With the winning time of 41.56 seconds in the second heat, the USA underlined their claim to gold in the final.

German men's relay blunders

4x100 meters, men:

The German men's relay with Kevin Kranz, Joshua Hartmann, Owen Ansah and Lucas Ansah-Peprah failed in the first two changes of baton and finished in 38.83 seconds.

Germany was classified fourth after Japan and Nigeria were disqualified, but that wasn't enough to progress.

The four runners in this line-up improved the German record to 37.99 seconds in Regensburg at the beginning of June.

The US relay was fastest in 37.87 seconds and is the favorite in the final on Sunday night (4:50 a.m. CEST/ZDF).

Javelin throwing, women:

Annika Marie Fuchs took twelfth and last place in the final.

The 25-year-old from SC Potsdam did not get past 56.46 meters with her first three throws and thus remained well below her season best of 61.06 meters, which would have been enough for three more attempts.

As in 2019, Kelsey-Lee Barber from Australia won the world title with a throw of 66.91 meters.

Kara Winger from the USA moved up to silver in the last attempt and threw 64.05 meters, celebrated by the entire stadium.

Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan got bronze with 63.27 meters.

800 meters, women:

Neither Majtie Kolberg nor Christina Hering were fast enough to take part in the final.

Kolberg crossed the finish line in 2:01.36 minutes, Hering was third in the slowest of the three semi-final runs after 500 meters, but was last at the finish line after 2:01.57 minutes.

Olympic champion Athing Mu from the USA, as the fastest runner with a time of 1:58.12 minutes, left no doubt about her role as favorite in the final on Monday night (3.35 a.m. CEST/ARD).