Matt Denny finished in an agonising fourth place in a farcical discus final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

The competition was significantly delayed by torrential rain that hit Tokyo , turning the throwing circle into a treacherous, unnavigable death trap.

Mykolas Alekna managed a legal throw, but Denny slid on the circle and fell as the heavens opened, leading to a cessation in the competition for two hours.

"He is pissed off," Nina Kennedy said, as Denny flung the discus away.

"This isn't what elite sport is about."

The competition was restarted after the conclusion of all the other events and the closing ceremony, after consultation with the athletes.

"The vast majority of discus athletes want the competition to take place tonight," a World Athletics statement

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