Leaping to a personal best of 17.81metres, Idowu claimed Britain's second gold meal of the championships on a rain-soaked night in Barcelona.

Idowu added to his 2008 World Indoor title as he beat Romania's Marian Oprea by 30 centimetres, with Frenchman Teddy Tamgho winning bronze.

On a successful night for the British team, Martyn Bernard claimed a bronze medal in the men's high jump.

Bernard cleared 2.29m and pipped Sweden's Linus Thornblad to the medal podium after fewer failures on his earlier jumps. Fellow Briton Tom Parsons had a tougher time in the torrential downpour, failing to clear the opening height of 2.19m.

Much of the spotlight remained on 10,000m champion Mo Farah as he took to the track in the 5,000m event, after an incredible winning run on Tuesday night.

The Briton topped his heat over the shorter distance to advance to the final - where he will meet 10,000m silver medalist and fellow Brit Chris Thompson, who also advanced from his heat.

British pair Marlon Devonish and Christian Malcolm are through to the 200m final, but 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre continued his pursuit of the sprint double by qualifying fastest for tomorrow night's final.

And another medal contender, Michael Rimmer, comfortably came through his 800m semi-final, while Andy Turner advanced impressively to the final of the Men's 110m hurdles event.

After two more medals on day three of the championships, Britain lie second in the overall medal table - with Russia leading the way.