Britain had started day two in second place after a strong showing yesterday, which included victories by Dwain Chambers, Mo Farah, Colin McCourt, David Greene and Martyn Rooney with Andy Turner claiming another victory today as the team ended with 317 points, 62.5 behind Russia and 12.5 ahead of third-placed Germany.

Chambers' effort of 9.99sec to win the 100m was especially notable as it was his best legal performance since he clocked an identical time at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.

The Londoner clocked 9.87 in 2002 but that mark was expunged following his drug ban in 2003 from which he returned in 2006.

The team returned to the Norwegian venue to see Turner successfully defend his 110m hurdles title with a time of 13.48.

Turner said: "Job done.
 
"I was scared in the team meeting this morning when [head coach] Charles [van Commenee] told me he expected nothing less than 12 points.

"It puts the pressure on but that's good and it's really good to have delivered here for the team."

There were also second-place finishes for Phillips Idowu, Michael Rimmer, Jo Pavey, Hannah England and the men's 4x400m relay squad.

Idowu, who claimed the triple jump world title in Berlin last summer, could only manage second.

His effort of 17.12 metres saw him granted a fourth jump but he fouled and had to be content to be runner-up behind Russia's Viktor Kuznyetsov.

The Olympic silver medallist was dissatisfied with his performance but looked ahead to the European Championships in Spain next month.

He said: "That was below what I would expect but I came here to get points for the team.

"Now it's heads down to concentrate on getting my timings right for Barcelona."

Rimmer was also runner-up in the 800m although he was beaten by Russia's former Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy in a championship record of 1min 45.41sec with the Briton 0.21 adrift despite attacking the Russian on the home straight.

England produced a well-judged run in the 1,500m and although she tried her best to cut the gap on Anna Mishchenko in the final 60m, she fell short and had to be satisfied with second in 4:05.70.

"Always gutting to come that close to winning but I felt good and thought I could catch her but I got the points," England said.

Pavey also claimed 11 points for the British team in the 5,000m but was disappointed not to have won after leading until the final lap.

The 36-year-old was overtaken by Sabrina Mockenhaupt and was unable to claw back the deficit, with the German setting a championship record of 15:17.38, 0.49 ahead of Pavey.


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