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Melissa Courtney-Bryant takes 3,000m silver for GB after horror fall for Dutch runner

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Maureen Koster fell after tripping in a packed bunch between Hannah Nuttall and Innes Fitzgerald .

Koster took a sickening blow to the head and appeared to be unconscious while being hurriedly moved from the track before the runners lapped around again just over 30 seconds later.

Dutch Athletics Federation later posted a message on X which said Strength Maureen ’ and reported that she was “conscious and responsive”.

There was a controversial end to the championships, with the British team of Lina Nielsen , Hannah Kelly , Emily Newnham and Amber Anning briefly upgraded to gold in the 4x400 m relay.

Britain had accused the Netherlands of obstruction at the final handover but the hosts were then successful with a counter-appeal.

Jeremiah Azu , who won the men's 60 m on Saturday , is Britain ’s only gold medalist of a championships dominated by the Netherlands .

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