Athletics

Defar and Sum add drama as Bolt produces standard victory at Zurich Diamond League

By Mike Rowbottom

Usain Bolt won the Diamond League 100 metres in Zurich despite a poor startAugust 29 - On a night when Usain Bolt won at a canter from his 100 metres rivals in the relatively conservative time of 9.90sec, two women's events generated the greatest competitive intensity at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Zurich - which, with the forthcoming event in Brussels on September 7, forms the two-part final of the season-long competition.

Bolt signs off with relay win to become World Championships' most successful athlete

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Usain Bolt celebrates his third gold medal of the IAAF World Championships in Moscow after anchoring Jamaica to victory in the 4x100 metres relayAugust 18 - Fittingly, the athlete of the 14th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships produced its final flourish as Usain Bolt became the event's most successful competitor in securing his third gold here by anchoring the Jamaican relay team to victory in a 4x100 metres relay which the United States needed to win to knock the hosts off the top of the final medals table.

Bolt retains world 200m title as Putin's call boosts Russian medal haul

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Usain Bolt added the 200m title to the gold medal he had won in the 100m earlier in the World ChampionshipsAugust 17 - Usain Bolt retained his world 200 metres title as he pleased here on a night when victories from Svetlana Shkolina in the high jump and Russia's quartet in the women's 4x400m relay - both events the United States might have expected to win - put the home nation top of the medals table by virtue of an extra gold.

All hail to Farah, the conquering hero

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Mo Farah celebrates completing the double of 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the World Championships in MoscowAugust 16 - On a night when the host drew level in the medals table with the United States in terms of golds – with victories in the women's hammer from Tatyana Lysenko and men's long jump by Aleksandr Menkov leaving them on five titles so far – Mo Farah soared even further away from his rivals in his two specialist events as he won the 5,000 metres to complete the double that so narrowly eluded him two years ago.

Bondarenko does an Isinbayeva as he wins top class world high jump final

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Ukraine's Bohdan Bondarenko celebrates his victory in the high jump at the IAAF World Championships in MoscowAugust 15 - Two days after Yelena Isinbayeva had a captive audience here as she made three world record attempts after winning gold, the Ukraine's Bohdan Bondarenko found himself in the same position after seeing off all his rivals in an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship high jump final of the highest quality.

Ethiopians quizzed after dropping out of World Championship marathon

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Tiki Gelana wins London 2012August 14 - Olympic champion Tiki Gelana and this year's Boston Marathon runner-up Meseret Hailu - along with their local agents - have reportedly been asked by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) to submit written explanations for what caused them to drop out of Saturday's (August 10) World Championship race just after the five kilometre point.