Six more athletes clinched automatic selection for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 on the second day of the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield, perhaps the most surprising being Adelle Tracey over four laps of the track on Sunday (28).Predictions were that victory in the last event of the afternoon, the women&rsquo;s 800m, would go to Lynsey Sharp or Jenny Meadows, both former European champions. But both finished outside the top two. Meadows, as usual, set the pace (28.65, 59.90 1:31.26), with Sharp at her shoulder and Tracey tucked in behind. Sharp eased ahead on the last back straight, but her lead was short-lived as Tracey, a torch-bearer at the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, took over in the final 40 metres to win in 2:02.99. Leah Barrow came from way back to snatch second place in a personal best of 2:03.18.Another Briton who clinched her place on the plane to Portland was Tiffany Porter, who now has the chance for a third successive World Indoor Championship 60m hurdles medal. After being the fastest in the heats in 8.02, Porter won the final clearly in 7.98, though admitted: &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t finish very well."Second place went to European indoor bronze medallist Serita Solomon in 8.05 while Lucy Hatton, after running 8.03 in her heat, had a poor run in the final and had to be satisfied with third in 8.15.In the women&rsquo;s 1500m, Hannah England also won a ticket for Portland with a win in 4:15.44, though she said she&rsquo;d leave it to her coach to decide if she should make the trip. Stephanie Twell similarly sealed her selection with a win in the 3000m in 8:54.99 and she may be joined by Josephine Moultrie, whose reward for setting the pace was a qualifying standard of her own when finishing second in 8:58.75.Pole vaulter Luke Cutts, the only man over 5.60m, and longer jumper Jazmin Sawyers, who reached an indoor personal best of 6.67m, each won their events well.The latter beat a slightly off-form Lorraine Ugen, with the IAAF World Indoor Tour winner only managing 6.60m for second place. World silver medallist Shara Proctor missed the championships with a sore hip.<h3>Boswoth brings British race walking to the fore </h3>Race walking events are no longer contested at the IAAF World Indoor Championships but Tom Bosworth could make an impact at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016 in May. Here, in a solo effort, the former circus performer produced lap after lap in the 3000m race walk between 43.0 and 44.6, passing halfway in 5:31.3. At this point, it became quite clear that he would smash his own national indoor record and world lead of 11:15.81, and urged the already enthusiastic crowd to get even more involved with two laps remaining at the English Institute of Sport. His last circuit was covered in exactly 40.0 for a final time of 10:58.21.&ldquo;I just wanted to come here and entertain and show that it&rsquo;s not just slow people walking round in circles,&rdquo; he said, after a post-finish celebration which was reminiscent of world and Olympic steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi. &ldquo;You want to make it memorable so that people will come back and watch it."The British women&rsquo;s 3000m race walk record was also broken earlier in the day, when Bethan Davies lowered her own figures to 12:44.99. Like Bosworth, she is coached by former UK international Andi Drake.Unlike the walks, the much anticipated men&rsquo;s high jump clash between Robbie Grabarz and new 2.36m-performer Chris Baker proved to be anti-climactic and ended at just 2.29m, which Baker cleared first time for victory. Grabarz, having cleared 2.26m, failed with his first attempt at that height and then opted to take his remaining efforts at 2.31m, but neither he or Baker could clear that height though the former was nearest with his first try. Mark Butler for the IAAF

Six more athletes clinched automatic selection for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 on the second day of the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield, perhaps the most surprising being Adelle Tracey over four laps of the track on Sunday (28).

Tracey's upset 800m win highlights day two of British Indoor Championships

Gianmarco Tamberi cleared an outright Italian record and world-leading mark of 2.38m in the Czech town of Hustopece on Saturday evening (13).In good shape after a warm weather training camp in South Africa, the extrovert 23-year-old opened his indoor season across the border in Slovakia last week at the Banska Bystrica high jump meeting where he surprised himself by clearing 2.35m to win on count back ahead of his compatriot Marco Fassinotti. The joint Italian indoor record-holders were tipped for another head-to-head contest in Hustopece &ndash; another of the popular &lsquo;high jump to music&rsquo; indoor meetings in this part of the world &ndash; but Fassinotti surprisingly departed at 2.30m after clearing 2.25m on his first attempt.Instead, Tamberi was still pushed all the way in Hustopece by the little-known Brit Chris Baker, who equalled his lifetime best of 2.28m before improving his best three more times: 2.30m and 2.34m on his first attempts, and 2.36m on his second attempt. "When Chris cleared 2.36m, it was like a shock for me," said Tamberi, who had passed at 2.36m before going clear at 2.38m on his first attempt. "I went all in at 2.38m and I did everything right."Tamberi added one centimetre to his Italian record set last summer in Eberstadt while Baker &ndash; whose most noteworthy international performance to date is his fourth-place finish at the 2014 Commonwealth Games &ndash; moved to within two centimetres of Steve Smith&rsquo;s long-standing British record, also set indoors back in 1994.Tamberi and Baker both had three attempts at 2.40m but that height proved beyond their capacity.&nbsp; &ldquo;I can say that 2.40m is now the goal that I have in my head," said Tamberi. "It&rsquo;s too bad I wasn&rsquo;t able to get it (in Hustopece) because the conditions from the surface to the atmosphere were there."In a high quality competition, perennial global finalist Kyriakos Ioannou equalled his Cypriot indoor record of 2.32m on his season&rsquo;s opener while European indoor silver medallist Silvano Chesani &ndash; who has been training with Tamberi this winter &ndash; rounded out the top four with a season&rsquo;s best of 2.30m. Tamberi and Chesani will be a chasing a little bit of history at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 next month as no Italian man has ever won a medal at this competition.In the women&rsquo;s contest in Hustopece, Levern Spencer of St Lucia equalled her national indoor record of 1.95m to defeat Doreen Amata, who also matched her Nigerian indoor record with a 1.93m clearance.Having beaten the seniors in Trinec last weekend, 17-year-old world youth champion Michaela Hruba had to settle for third on countback at 1.93m.<h3>Barshim clears 2.36m in Malmo</h3>Mutaz Essa Barshim regained the world lead for about four hours after clearing 2.36m in a low-key competition in Malmo, Sweden where he has been based this winter. Barshim also had one good attempt at 2.38m in his final event before he competes on home soil at the Asian Indoor Championships which will be staged in Doha from Friday to Sunday next week.Barshim will be aiming for his fourth gold medal in succession at that event ahead of the IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he has confirmed he will defend his title.&nbsp; Barshim cleared 2.38m to win the gold medal in Sopot, Poland two years ago but he has since improved his Asian record to 2.41m. Steven Mills for the IAAF

Gianmarco Tamberi cleared an outright Italian record and world-leading mark of 2.38m in the Czech town of Hustopece on Saturday evening (13).

Tracey's upset 800m win highlights day two of British Indoor Championships

Tamberi clears world-leading 2.38m in Hustopece – indoor round-up