Intro:

American Gold medal winners Brittney Reese and Aries Merritt revealed their delight after their respective wins in the women's long jump and men's 60m finals on Sunday, the third and final day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Elsewhere, there were victories for Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown in the women's 60 metres final, whilst Russian pole vaulter Elena Isinbaeva also clinched gold.

British hopeful Mo Farah could only manage fourth place in the 3000 metres final, but winner Bernard Lagat admitted he expected to face the same rivals at the London 2012 games in the summer - there are now just 138 days until the start of the 2012 Olympics.

Script:

Final day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships on Sunday and Brittney Reese won the women's long jump.

SOUNDBITE (English) Brittney Reese, women's long jump winner:

"It feels real good to come out here and get a championship record. I wasn't looking forward to it but after I seen my teammate Janay go out there and jump 6.98. I figured I had to jump a good one also. So for us to get a one-two situation, so, I'm just excited with the results that came out today."

(After being asked whether she would jump longer at the London 2012 Olympics):

"Oh I hope so. This is now my personal best, indoor and outdoor so hopefully I can get it together and get a good one outdoor."

In the 3000 metres men's final Bernard Lagat won the gold with a time of 7 minutes 41.44 seconds.

SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Lagat, men's 3000m winner:

""You know I feel so good, I feel like really blessed tonight because I ran against the strongest athletes here tonight and let me tell you, I've been doing training as well. I know that in order for me to get gold here, I really need to train with a, I mean, to work hard and get that gold. And to get that gold I had to run smart, run strong and use my tactics that, you know, I've always been good at. So that's to stay in front with the guys."

(after being asked about facing the same runners at London 2012 Olympics):

"Same guys, yes, same guys. I think it's going to go well actually because this gives me a lot of confidence, this gives me a lot of moral now. As I go home, I'm going home as a champion and I'm going to train like a champion, go race like a champion in London."

The favourite from Britain, Mo Farah, came fourth.

Meseret Defar equally disappointed with silver in the women's 3000 metres.

SOUNDBITE (English) Meseret Defar, women's 3000m runner-up:

"Oh, I'm disappointed, very disappointed. I want to make five times but I can't. I try my best but the last 200 metres, I don't know what happened because maybe I a little bit push too many laps alone, maybe that's why it's difficult for me."

Kenya's Hellen Onsando Obiri claiming 3000 metre gold.

SOUNDBITE (English) Hellen Onsando Obiri, women's 3000m winner:

"I'm so happy as this was my first gold medal to win here so I'm so grateful to beat a four times world champion….(reporter asks a question) No, actually I didn't mean to win this race. I was expecting to be two, three, yeah, it come as a surprise to me to have won this race, yeah. Thank you so much."

Russian Elena Isinbaeva won the pole vault at 4.80 metres.

SOUNDBITE (English) Elena Isinbaeva, pole vault gold medal winner:

"It seems easy but it's not easy at all. I had to wait. I had to wait two hours before my first attempt. It's really difficult just lie down in the track and wait. It's really difficult."

And no surprises in the 60 metres as Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown claimed gold.

SOUNDBITE (English) Veronica Campbell-Brown, women's 60 metres gold medal winner:

"I feel blessed to come here and successfully defend my title."

USA's Aries Merritt beat Liu Xiang to gold in the 60 metres hurdles.

SOUNDBITE (English) Aries Merritt, Men's 60m gold medal winner:

"It feels really good. I had a way better start than I had in the semi final and I was able to build off of it. I knew that I was leading slightly and I just tried to hold on as best I could."

Next stop - London Olympics.