Athletics

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.

Ohuruogu regains world 400m title as Lavillenie sees grand slam disappear

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Christine Ohuruogu Mosow August 12 2013August 12 - Christine Ohuruogu of Britain earned an extraordinary victory here, dipping on the line to beat Botswana's defending champion Amantle Montsho and reclaim the 400 metres title at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships she first won in 2007 by the margin of just four thousandths of a second.