Maryam Jamal is surely one of the athletes most disappointed to see the track at the Mercedes Benz Arena ripped up after the World Athletics Final.

Why? Well the smooth-running Bahrain athlete comfortably secured a hat-trick of titles all three coming here in this famous athletics stadium as she earned some recompense for her Beijing disappointment in which she finished a disconsolate fifth in the Olympic final.

Tracking the long-time leader, Gelete Burka of Ethiopia, Jamal pounced like cat to take the lead around the crown of the final bend to kick ahead and storm down the home straight to stop the clock in 4:06.59. It was not a bad final lap either, covered in a rapid 60 seconds.

A fading Burka, who had disappintingly exited the heats of the 1500m at the Beijing Olympics, held on for second in 4:07.45 from the fast-finishing Irina Lishchynska, the Olympic silver medallist of the Ukraine (4:07.65) with Great Britain's Lisa Dobriksey, who was fourth in the Olympics, again finishing in the 'bogey' position a further 0.07 back.

Burka, the former World Cross Country short course champion took a heavily bunched field through 800m in a modest 2:17.30 and led them through the bell in 3:06.42 until the all too familiar last lap burn up.

At the bell much of the 11-strong field were still in contention as the Ethiopian headed the field with Jamal on her shoulder ahead of Lishchynska.

But Jamal, the World champion, would not be denied as she timed her victory bid for perfection to collect a cool $30,000.

Steve Landells for the IAAF